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Weekly Ohio State journal (Columbus, Ohio : 1841), 1847-03-10

Weekly Ohio State journal (Columbus, Ohio : 1841), 1847-03-10 page 1

WEEK LY OE TO m ST JO RNAT. 1 1 JLJLJ0 JLVL VOLUME XXXVII. COLUMBUS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 1847. NUMBER 28. I'Uiii.isiir.i) I'.VK.uy vkdm;siay mokninu, !Y WILLIAM 13. THRALL. Olfico in tlio Journal Building, south-east corner of High street and tsugaralley. T K HMS; Timrr TVn. t. auk pkh annum, which mav bcdisehnrired by the lajincnt of Two Doi.i.ak in advance, ami free of The Journal n also iiuhlished daily during tha session o tho 1 ,gi a latere, ami thrice a week the remainder of Hits year lor ; arm tnruo umes a wees,, yuan, ior 3 t. COLUMBUS : THURSDAY ISVENING, Miirch 4, 18-17. tpTliii d;iy completes tho first half of the olhciul term of the elongation. Hear what a " democratic" Senator soy si: " I verily believe that if the people of this country could conic here and sec the corruptions of their gov eminent, they would hurl the administration, and Con gross bent de it into tho Potomac." Senator Wcstcott, of Florida. Junr. BunsKT. We regret to learn, as wo do through a letter from tlio Cincinnati correspondent of tho Scioto Gazette, that Judge Buiimkt is lying dangerously ill, at his rent do nee in Cincinnati. Qj" Canal Navigation. We are requeated.to any that the Hoard of Canal Commissioners in the State of New York, arc making every effort to have the Hudson and Eric canal open for navigation by the first day of April next and expect it to be open by that day. :f Cincinnati Iiiqiiircr It is an old system of logic, long practised by that class of men who pant for distinction, but whose distinguishing cliarar.teriotic is mendacity and nn habitual contempt for truth, when convicted of a wanton falsehood, to resort to another, in order to divert attention from their relation to the first. In this category the Editor of the Cincinnati Enquirer has voluntarily placed himself by his recent gross nnd gratuitous misrepresentations of G iv. Davis of Massachusetts, and Thomas Coiiwin, of Ohio. Our readers will pardon our plainness of remark, while denling with this specimen of human depravity ; fur on such occasions we do not deem it necexsary to bo tenj choice in the selection of terms. To do so would be equivalent to 11 casting pearls to swino" and that, in olden time was not reckoned expedient. A few days since we had occasion to expose this inquisitive Enquirer, in uu attempt to palm upon the public a statement which he must have known to he void of truth at the time, wherein he charged that Gov. Davis " threw up his hat in exultation over the burning of the American cnpitol." This loathsome lie had been denounced as such in Massachusetts, where it was first uttered and not a particle of proof has been adduced or attempted, to sustain the miserable fabrication ; but on the contrary its degraded author years since, sought and found immunity for his mendacity, by hiding beneath his own insignificance and obscurity. The Cincinnati Enquirer itself cannot tell the name of the individual who was first found fool-hardy enough to stand gnd-f.ither for this groveling attempt of impotent malice. Yet it is willing to adopt the bantling of infamy as its own; and laying a fictitious claim to the sorry merit of originating the lie, is willing to be found retailing it to it readers, thus derived. What manner of an 41 Enquirer " is that, who would go so far to hunt up a falsehood to bring back for home consumption ? and tuck a falsehood ! Hut being delected nnd exposed, this very inquititire editor protests with all solemnity that he did not know it was a lie ; and on the contrary infers that it was not, because directly after it was first promulgated, and thirty years after the fact is charged to have transpired, Mr. Davis was elected Governor of Massachusetts ; and, says this logical editor, " the act, if he committed it, would have been the very thing to recommend him to the support of federalism in tint State." Ergo, he must havo done the act. Did mortal man ever devise a more satisfactory apology for a deiibcruto calumny, than that ! And further as if a second offence would palliate the first without taking the trouble to Enquire whether there be a particle of truth in the batch, our i-quisitire editor strings together a tissue of more recent slang, fabricated fui like purposes with the first, and exhibiting them to hit readers, exclaims look here! These, he says, 11 are strong circumstantial evidence that the other charge is true." There is no withstanding such logic! Its adapt professor, tho editor of the Cincinnati Enquirer, can have no difficulty in proving whatever he may be pleased to charge, whether upon John Davis, Thomas Corwin, or whoever else he may wish to asperse. He lias but to reiteratu some exploded calumny, if he lacks ingenuity to invent one ; and when the vile fabrication is cast back in his face, lie justifies himself by stringing together another set, equally ridiculous with tho first and these ho calls " circumstantial evidence," by which he would prove that lie number one, n in all probability nothing but gospel truth! And yet, the man who has the asiursneo to reason thus in the face of an intelligent community, and to treat with such contempt the reasoning faculties of his readers, "trusts that he knows something about the honor and dignity of the press, as well as the integrity of the profession." May bo so but such trusting is carrying " the credit system " far beyond the ultimate limits of our poor comprehension. We think the editor is herein claiming an extension of credit altogether beyond his legitimate right. Hut if not if he really docs possess ihe knowledge for which he gives himself credit, the fact docs but prove that lie should " be beaten with many strips." Fur true it is, that he vies with the vilest in his efforts to calumniate those whoso qualities of moral honesty lie has not the capacity to appreciate; and whose social and political position excites his rancorous envy. This man Charles Brough here, in tho Slate of Ohio-vaunting himself of his knowledge of the "honor and dignity" of the press, in the same connection wherein he asaoeiitrs the names of Thomas Corwin and Benedict Arnold. Faugh! f Not a man was found among the Whig Senators who hud Ihe manliness to spurn the threats which the autocrat of all the columns 0f the Ohio State Journal had put forward. Thrall said, if there was a whig in tho Legislature who would do justice to Medary he 11 should like to see hitn." The forr going we glean from a coarsely twined yarn in a hie number of the Kalida I'entare, a pnper published out in the North West, and which subsists upon the reputation imparted to it when under the editorial management of Mr. K-urr, who, though a radical democrat is a gentleman withal. Of its present editor we know nothing beyond what may be gleaned from the above, and liko effort which from time to time he puts 1'irth. We are justified in the conclusion, however, that it wai the intention of the Editor to any something shocking of our humble self, when he falsely imputed to us the language which we quote. We give him all due credit for that intention, and regard his effort with pity. For his sake, we are willing, after all, to adopt both tho language and the sentiment and henceforth the man nf the Venture has our full licence to make tho inostot it. Ilcing ounwlf a lover of justice, we can certainly have no objection to aeeing any one, whether in the Legislature or out ol it, who would " do justice" even to so great a sinner as Samuel Medary. True, if lel to the hent of our private inclinations, we might prefer witnessing the display of that other attribute mrrry. Hut in this matter our own will must be subservient to that of those more immediately concerned. And is it Mr. Medary ' chosen friends, who set up this howl at the hare idea of seeing tho minister of justice t And is it thus tacitly admitted that our martyr friend is in the tame category with poor Pat, who, bemoaning his fate, was told by his Judge to be ai'.y for he should have justice done him replied, "(Ami's jist what I'm afraid of, yrr Honor!" The Virginia House of Delegates, hy a vote of (1 to r0, has reverted the bill to construct a railroad from Richmond to Danville. Illinois.- A law providing for the election of delegates to remodel the Constitution nf Illinois, has passed the Legislature of that State. I he election is to be held on tho third Monday of April, and the Convention is In meet on the first Mondnv of June next. Tho St. Louis Republican says: "The taw districts the State anew; and in this respect the north has achieved a complete triumph over the south." Col. Charles Oakley, has been appointed hy the Governor of llliuuis, Canal Trustee lot the Bute. KAiLKOAD mi:i:ti.g. A large and enthusiastic meeting of the citizens of Franklin county, wits held in the city of Columbus, on Wednesday, tho 3d inst., pursuant to notice given, for tho purpose of considering the expediency of authorizing tho city and county authorities to subscribe one hundred thousand dollars each, to tho capital slock of the Columbus and Xcuia, and Columbus and Cleveland railroad companies, and to adopt suitable and efficient measures to present the question to tho voters of Ihe city and county in its proper light, fur their favorable action, at their next April elections, On motion of I), W. Deshlcr, Esq,, Kokkrt W. McCoy, Esq., was called to the Chair, and Timo. Guif-kith appointed Secretary. The object of this Convention having been pertinently staled from the Chair, Mr. J. UiiiuvvAV, Jr., addressed tho meeting ut considerable length He presented many interesting facts and statistics disclosing the great advantages Unit wilt result to the people of this county and city by Ihe early construction of a railroad communication between Columbus and Cleveland, and Columbus and Cincinnati. He showed very conclusively that these railroads would be the great thoroughfare for travel between the Ohio river and the Lake that the travel through a country opens it to observation, makes public its resources and thereby invites an increased population, and ascribed no small share of tlio prosperity and prominence of Columbus and Franklin county to the fact that, by stage operations, this city has been for many years the center of the travel from thu East to the West, the North to the South. Mr. It. clearly showed that without these railroad communications we will lose all the advantages of our central position that the building up of Columbus will necessarily build up the county, let lliu roads run where (hey may, so that they connect Columbus with the Lnku and the Ohio river lhat railroads build up towns instead of destroying them lhat wherever such roads have been constructed, lliu country through which they pans has been benefitted to an extent far beyond the most sanguine expectations, while the Block in the roads has been profitable, yielding a good interest on the investment. Hy reference to the quoted prices of stock in railroads running out of Hoslon, Mr. It. snowed that within a few weeks past there had been sales of stock in these roads considerably above par, viz : Lowell is til per cent, above par shares, the original price of which was Jgijllt), are now selling at jjfctiuo. lusiiims '.'.i per cent, above par. Concord is Ill) " " " Fitchburgis iiO " Worcester is l(i " Western in a " " u Maine is Hi " tt 1'rovidence is ti " " Eastern is " " " Old Colony is " Hy reference to tables showm tho character and the amount of lliu shipments on the Ohio Caiiul during tho past ten years, carefully prepared by Mr, Ridgwny, ho clearly demonstrated that the construction of the proposed railroads would not in any way interfere with the revenue derived hy the State from that branch of her public works that the business of lhat canal arose for Ihe most part out of the counties through which that canal pisses that the amount of that business would nol be diminished bv the railroads lhat the effect of these improvements would bu to develop the resources of cuunties having no communication with that canal that the increased valuo of property that would come u the tax list for taxation would not only yield n revenue to the btale lhat would bu equivalent to any revenue the Slate mnv lose bv these railroads conflicting with the business of ihe Ohio Canal, but that Ihe increased amount of revenue thus furnished the Statu would reduce the percentage of luxation. Mr. K. presented many oilier intercslinir facts in illustration of older advantages that would ensue to thu county nnd city by the construction of these roads. Mr. . II. Ill uu a nn next addressed the meeting. Mr. 11. hud prepared a table of statistics in reference to the increased amount of tax to winch the citizen of the county mid city will be subjected in case Ihe proposed sum of $cj')i),tmi) shall be borrowed. He explained the operation of this tax upon the citizens of the conn-try Qud city, and showed tint inasmuch as the people ol Columbus will not only be required, exclusively, to pay the interest mi the $tm,Oim to be borrowed by the city, but will also have to pay about four tenths of the interest to be paid by the county loan, that the citizens of Columbus will have to pay the interest on jjU-I'V't'O, while the people of the country will have to p.iy the interest on )i'J,tii0. Mr. 1L. siiowed also that the increased tax that would have to be levied on the property of the county and city, would be very suiall anil insignificant in com- patisou with the imiueiHC advantages that would result I .j the producing classes, by the increased value that these roiids would give to the sgtieiiltural md other pro ductions uf the county, as Weil as (he enhanced value lhat they would givu to the lands ol tho county. Mr. II. presented many interesting furls in support of ihe proportion, that the value of lauds depends on llie price uf thu productions of these lainlj, and as the price of such productions depends on their proximity to a market, and the cheapness and facility o getting them to such market, every improvement that ti-inls to secure a regular, cheap, and speedy transportation of such products to market, must necessarily be deserving of encouragement. He then, by reference to tho cil'ect of oilier railroads in other p.irts of the country on the value of agricultunil prod nets and finn ing lands, CHlahiemcd the tact that the farmers ol tins county, in not having a p'-nuaneut and regular com- mumcutum at all seasons ot the year with toe lakes and the Ohio river, su4taiii d an annual loss on the price of their productions that would be saved by Ihe proposed railroads, and which every year amounts to morn thu n the sum of .u JJUII, on which they are now asked to piy the inlereit. Mr. II. also adverted to the fact that the neonlo o the county would not be required to pay thu interest on the money loaned hy them for the purpose uf assisting in tho construction of these roads, more than thn e or four years, as in that time the roads would he built, and would yield asuiUcieut profit nn the stock to piy the interest. Hy reference to the value nf olh- rmiroaii slocks, lie ni.no showed lhat it it be desired hy the county to pay (he principal instead nf the interest on the amount proposed to be borrowed, that can be paid by selling the slock, as it would, duubile, be worth par value. Mr. II. presented tho following ns the amount of increased Ux that i-aeli citizen of the county would have to pay on account of the loan proposed to bo m ule. The rate will be two thirds nf mill on tho dollar. This wilt require tho person worth $100 to pay just ii) cents ; the person world ft IH), to pay just IC.'J cents; the person worth flumi, to pay just MiJ cents; and Ihe person worth l.'.n(t, to p.iy just ,ih) ; and in like propoiiinn according to the worth of the person who may he taxed. Mr. II. also showed the difference of prices on tho following articles, February Iti, at Columbus and at Aetna, un'l tho !st ot the farmer in this county in not hiving as good a market as the Green county farmer. I.tnl (1..u.MJ 7 1J itr.rt. ri.,wi...l, :m U.U"4, " Jj;iMI i.j--.Vnyi:):.l " Kiiivft'il... 11 4. " U li.-nl .V, 7.Ve"i,iv77f. ;j torn liNiOft, sny IHr. e-i.U, ' ;ir, m. " O.U Kilf, " ITr. I!W1, " .file. 17 it lioiir l tin p. riilil tvim v.. " Mr II. h iving added to the above many other in teresting observation concluded his remarks and was followed by Mr. W. Denuison, Jr. .Air. t:ioi also addressed the meeting at con siderable length. Hy reference l" the census and statistics as taken in 1H1I by act of Congress, and the report ot the I ommissioner nt t alents inane in Hfi. Mr. D. showed tho amount of corn and wheal raised in this county during the pnst year. He showed the amount of those arlo-les consumed hy the population of thin county and the amount for export. Alter de luding trout the whole o the production, the amount consumed, he showed that the farmers uf this county uau kt a.ue in wueai nuu corn as ioiiows: Amount of wheut for export lli (,rJ5 bushels. Equal to :i'J,(i."p barrels of flour. Amount of corn fur export w(M,(iO bushels. Mr. D. then compared the prices of Itour ami corn at Cincinnati and Columbus amen Nov. 1, ht(i, to March 1st, and after deducting the cost nf transportation of such articles fnun this place to Cincinnati by a railroad, clearly established the contusion that, in consequence of ui hnvitir hnd such a communication. the growers of wheat and corn have lost uu their product of last year (ile. on every barret of Hour and Jo. on every bushel of corn. Loss on Flour $ 0,KHQ 00 " Corn, :tl.V 40 Loss nn Flour and Corn .VJ,1K14 40 The loss on these articles alone for one year would if saved, pay thf interest on $KtO,otHI at 7 per cent lor more man vears. In addition to the annual U on Flour and Wlient, Mr. I. showed that the lunj sustained by the farmers of litis county on the ban lance of their productions ot last year, was at least ?.u,irini more thus establishing the fiict that if a rsitroad hid been made connecting Columbus with Cineinnnti, the farmers of this county tnii;hl have realized $1(J0,1)(IU more fur their products til (in they have. Mr. D. also presented miny other advantages that would accrue to ihti people of this county and city by constructing the proposed roads i 1st. They would increase the population and is a consequence from that, wnuld increase the amount of business the valuo of real tatate, and all the products of industry. Vd. They would secure tn Columbus the controlling position of bring a common terminus of railroad communications with the Lakes and the Ohio river with the Mississippi river at St Louis and the Allnnlie Set Ihrnrd. by means of the Hnllitnorn and Ohio Railroad. 3d. They would make Columbus a common depot fur the business of a largo number of the adjacent and tturmunuing counties. 4th. The amount of business and an increase of population that would thus result to this county and city would lead to the establishment of an extensive manufacturing system in Columbus. fth. They would secure to columbus not only the permanent seat of government of Ohio, but would make this city in fact the common center of the U. S. Mr. D. established several other propositions interesting to tho neonlo of the city and county, and ex pressed the opinion, as the result of liis investigations, thai hy a prompt, energetic and liberal course on the part of the people of Franklin county, they have it in their power to make Columbus on? of tho tnosl commanding inland towns in the Union. Mr. Dennison was followed by Messrs. Gilbert, Ridgway, Leonard and Buckingham ; all of whom presented msiiy very valuable and interesting suggestions on tho subject of railroads. Tho following resolutions were offered by M. J. GiLHKitr, Esq., as the sentiments of this convention on the subject under consideration, and unanimously adopted : liisolted, That " progression " is tho characteristic of the age ttiat in its onward course the country must inevitably hs intersected by railroads; and the question for us to decide, is not whether railroads shall or shall not bo constructed, but whether wo shall avml ourselves of, or forego the advantages to bo derived from thetn. Hr solved. That with a view to a more full understanding of the subject generally, no less than of the interest wliich Franklin county and the city of Columbus have in the extension and particular location ol railroads, the Chair appoint a committee of twelve to prepnre, print and distribute an nddrcBs calculated to illustrate the advantages lhat must inevitably result to both county and city from the construction, and the losses and disadvantages which would le consequent on the failure to construct radioads running ihruugh this county. The following gentlemen were appointed the committee under the hist resolution, viz : Messrs. J. Kidg-way, Jr., W. H. Hubbard, W. Dennison, Jr., Alex. Haddock, O. Johnson, A. Sperry, D. Taylor, John Wintcrsleiu, Lincoln Goodnle, John Clark, Alex. Mooberry, and William Miller. On motion of Judge Lazell, it was Hesotvrd, As the deliberate Beiise of this meeting, that tho interests of tho citizens of Franklin county are most deeply dependant on the immediate commencement, and prosecution to completion, as rapidly ns possible, of a railroad from this city toward Cin cinnati, and also from Columbus north to Cleveland. Hrsolerd, I hat the proceedings of this meeting, be published in the city papers. And thereup ui the meeting adjourned, sine die. I It. W. M COY, Chairman. TiMO. GltlKFtTll, Secretary, Fur the Ohio State Journal. The Iluilroud .Uoetlug. Mh. Eriiron The ineetinir uf vesterdav irives evi dence of the deep anxiety that is It-It by our cil ens, in the construction of railroads to connect us by a speedy and cheap communication, with the markets of the east nnd the south. Considering the stale of the ' roads, there were as many of otir fanners in from the country as could reasonably have been expected. Wo only regret Hut the irtiulr county could not have het-n present, to have heard the array of lac's, titalislical facts ittcontrovcrtablu facts bearing up on this matter; and suliieieiit, as we verily believe, to h.ive converted the most sceptical. The pitielil ami earnest attention of a largo audience, for so long a time as was occupied bv thu several shakers, is an earnest of thu desire felt for information upon this sul.j.-cl. A committee nas uppoiuieu lo lire pare an address to the citizens of this county, and we trust lhat this committee will embody the very important stntistical information which was elicited in tho course ot the diwustuon vesterdav. in thetraddress. It is the right kind nf uifonmilioii to convince the understanding, nnd carry conviction to the minds of nil who will give ilacaretul examination. i'lii address is to be printed for circulation : and we hope and trust that means will be taken to distribute them freely into every part of Ihe county. That they will be read with earnest attention, there cannot bo a doubt. The writer of tins article had intended to have prepared several communications for the public paper? relative to the importance nnd advautii'cH of railroads ; but the address of the committee will doubtless in a great measure preclude the necessity for this. we will, in coucluuon, hriellv advert to one fact. staled on yesterday by Mr. Buckingham of .Mount cnion, to show the great importance of obtmmiiiF a fivurable vote with regard to our county and city subscription at the spring election. Mr. 11. stated that the county of Knox h id, by a very large majority, voted in favor of a subscription by that county; that they were in favor uf making that subscription to the Cleveland road, could they be satisfied that it would be prosecuted lo completion within a reasonable lime ; that they could connect themselves in a murh shorter time, and at much less expense, with the Mansfield road, hut did not desire to do so, because thy greatly preferred tho Cleveland termination. Nevertheless, if the people of Franklin county and of this city did not speedily givu asmiraiino thai they would do iti.-ir part in prosecuting this road, the county of Knox would 1h compelled as a nutter of interest, to enter into the other connection. Should this unfortunately take place, it would, we fear, very considerably retard the ultimate completion of Ihe road : for we should there by lose the Knox county subscription of $lit),h)il, and an individual subscription also nf from '0 to "', II It I dollars, bet itle nil the interest they would otherwise ex- rt in favor of the business of the road when com pleted. Citizens of Franklin county, lok well to this "alter. A CITIZEN. For tho Ohio Mate Journal. A Dretnu Mr. Tutui.L Durinir tho past winter. I snent more nf my time than usual in the two houses of the Legislature, principally in the Senate influenced in my preference of the upper branch principally by the superior areiiuiinodatioiis their chamber offen d to the lounger. 1 was present at nearly all the nrnceediiii connected with the appointment of Samuel M. diry as printer to tho Senate, and read with attention all his editorial articles upon the subject. Since the adjournment, having been absent a week upon some little business of my own, my wife carefully preserved the newspapers receiveu uiirmg my absence ; ami laat Wednesday evening, after we had taken our tea, and she had put the children to bed. the budget was pro duced. Theru was too much for on- evening's read-ing ; so, after glancing at the price of Flour, the news from the army, and thu latest Congressional date, 1 selected the several numbers of the Statesman, and sought to get myself posted up" in tho Senate printing business. I was somewhat fatigued with the day's ride ; and this, added to the change from the cold external air to the warm fire beside which 1 was comfortably sealed in an easy chair, may have induced a urowsy uispoaitmn. Whilst I was reading, my wilt- was too civil to interrupt me with conversation; and tt is not impossible that the monotonous gnuud produced by what somebody call the "everlastingtick-a-tick of her knitting needles," mav have contributed to produce the lethargic state inlrt which I think I must have fallen. 1 am nut conscious of having slept ; hut what followed, appears very much like a dream. On mr reiurn to Culumbus that day, I had rode in sii?hl of some wood-laud, which 1 was informed belonged to Mr. Medary; and, as 1 looked at the blazing logs in my hearth, 1 thought how much superior this is to coal ! Then I thought of Mr. Meihrv's wood-lot, and his stone-quarry, and the Senate Chamber and printing, and the Statesman. The coals assumed strange shapes and figures. 1 could plainly see H Hi, on the b.ick-log and then again, upon a second look, it it was IT 17. Then 1 could Speaker Olds sitting on thu top of one of the andiron., and the Ser- geaut-at-Arms of the Senat euo d lo be blowing away at my fire, until he looked as red as the coals themselves. Gradually tho fire-place enlarged, nnd see n ltd to bo the Senate Chamber. Dr. Olds had h it the lop of the andiron, and taken his chnr as Speaker ; and the worthy doorkeeper hnd resumed his place near tho entrance to thu lloor of the Senate. 1 think I must have dreamed ; and that wh it 1 am about to relate, did not actually take place ; for 1 perceive that it is filled with apparent anachronisms, and a curious jumble of facts remote from each other, crowded together, as if in an instant of time. Such ax it is, however, you are welcome to it for ihe whole thing seemed to me an apt illustration of the Senate printing question. Mr. i.niirnTON was on the Itenr, and had just pent up to thu Chair a resolution, which the Sneaker read audibly to the Senate, as follows: Ktsotred, I hat the t lerk ol the Senate enter into a contract wilh Samuel Medary, to supply the Senate Chamber with fire-wood, during the present aesiion. Mr. Coovns expressed ha surprise at the introdua lion of such a resolution. He referred to a law pass- d February sfl, i-U, C, Chase, 'X,X) by winch it is made the duty of the Secretory, Auditor, and Treasurer, to contract for a sufficiency of fire wood for the State Houst, and public otlices. rrevinus to entering into these contracts, public no tice was required to be given of the receipt of proposals, in order that cnuqivtilioii might tm elicited, and Ihe public luel obtained ol the best quality, and at the lowest price. Ile understood lhat these contracts had been entered into ; and, it was evident to our senses, thtt large quantities of excellent fire wood were heap- eu up in ine rear oi ino riato Mouse, anil no complaint had hern made that we Were not abundantly supplied. Ho had heard much of the progressive na ture nt modern rtemneraey, but the Senator from Defiance, (Mr. Edgerton,) had advanced a step further in this progress, than any one bad yet dreamed nf The doctrine now broached, seemed to be, that one branch of tho General Assembly could repeal a law solemnly enacted by built Mr. KnontToK said, the law tn which Ihe Senator from Gallia had referred, was unconstitutional, h sought to trammel the independent action of the two Houses. By the f-lh section of the first article of the Constitution, each House was empowered to choose its own ollicers, and to sit upon its own adjournments. By section 11, uf the same article, each Houbo may determine the rules of its proceedings, " and shall havo all other powers necessary fur a branch of tho Legislature uf a free and independent Slate." He argued, that the man who furnished the wood, was as much an nllicer of the Senate, as the doorkeeper who put it on the fire ; and it was idle to say that the Senate was an independent branch of the Government, unless it had the power to buy its own wood. Some Senator, whose name has escaped the reporter, also cited thu loth section of the same article, which requires " the doors of each House to be kept open ;" and he argued from this, that the Senate, bound to keep its doors open fur the admission of cold, must of necessity possess tho power to counteract it by a sulficient supply of heat within. Mr GoiMiAim opposed the passage of the resolution. He would nut deny, lhat the Senate possessed the power to order those things which were necessary for the convenient transaction of the public business. Notwithstanding these contracts, he did not doubt it the contractors refused to furnish tho proper fuel to Ihe ollicers of the Senate, tho Senate could order its purchase elsewhere. But no such necessity was pretended. Here wan the fuel, of good quality, and abundant quantity. The resolution was got up for tho benefit of a political favorite to sustain a tarty press. Every body knew who Samuel Medary was. Ho charged, lhat the sole object wo to keep alive the Ohio Statesman. " Qny other reason existed, he would hko to know it. Hut ho wanted reasons, and not excuxes. Mr. IlAnrn. Wn do this because wo have the power, and it is our pleasure to do it. Mr. Gonn ami. The sic toh, sic julieo, of arbitrary power. He denounced the whole thing. He warned gentlemen thai their conduct was illegal, and that no appropriation could ever be made to pay for the expenditure they were about to make. A liouseof Representatives that would appropriate i.no dollar of the public money to pay for an expense thus incurred, would be unworthy to represent a free people. They would deserve no better fate than to be turned out at the point of the bayonet, and informed lhat " the Lord had no further need of them." The discussion was continued hy several other Senators when the vote was taken, and resulted, yeas 1H, nays Hi. So the resolution was adopted. When Ihe Appropriation Bill came from the House, it contained thu clause" Fur fuel for tlio use of the General Assembly, live hundred dollars." Mr. Ht'.hii kijn moved to amend bv inserting this clause : tt l.,r -,. purchased of Samuel Medary for the use of the Senate, two hundred dollars." This gave rise to a long and animated discussion, in which the Whigs contended, lhat the appropriation was large enough to cover the entire expense of fuel. If llie action of the Senate had been legal, Mr. Medary would, under thai appropriation, recei ve his pay. If illegal, he would nol. The object of the amendment seemed lo be, to oblatn tlm sanction id" both Houses to the act of the Senate, and thus legalize that, which, while it stood upon the sole action of one House, was conies- uiy illegal, i he amendment was in tact an admit-on, that the Senate had been wron-r The Seiiitors on the other side, contended that the Senate had had thi) benefit of the wood, and ought lo pay for it. They wouiu vote ior no uni winen uiu iioi contain ample provision for the payment of every public creditor. It was well known, lhat the Auditor and Treasurer were h'dcralMts ; and, unless this amendment prevailed, Mr. Medary would not get his pay. The vote was then taken and stood, yeas 17, nayi 17. So the amendment was lost. The question then recurring, shall the bill be rood a third lime ? tho vote stood, jeas 17, nays 17. Ho the bill was lost. Subsequently it was reconsidered, the amendment again offered, ami lost by a tic vote, and the bill again lost by a lie vote. Another reconsideration was unwed, and agreed to, Monday morning, and Ihe amendment again offered and lost. The question then recurred Shall the bill ! read a third time ? The motion was debated hy Mr. R-emelin, Mr. Welch, and Mr. Olds, (Speaker.) Whilst Mr. Old was spe.king, the Chair being temporarily occupied by Mr. Thoriihill, h- was requested by the Chair to suspend bis remarks whilst the Clerk read a communication from Medary. A communication was then read from Mr. Medary, which was in substance as follows : To Itr. Edson 11. Olds, and the other Democrats in the Senate ; Gr.:n.r.M i: I have witnessed, with no small degree of solicitude, the struggle that has been going on in the Senate, in relation to Ihe pay for the wood ordered by the Sotiale, at an early period of the session. 1 have taken care to be present whenever the anbject was up. For this I remained in your Chamber until a quarter past I 'J, Sunday morning; and for this, 1 have again come before you, at Ibis early hour uf ;j in the morning, of Monday. 1 appreciate fully your feelings, your motives, and your actions. I Inqw? it may be consistent with your feelings of propriety, to permit, by your silence or otherwise, the Appropriation Hill to pass. Alter what I hut witorMMtl in your Chamber, I prefer not to receive, at the hands of. the 17 federal Sen iters, if it were possible, any thing lhat would look like a favor. They asked, a few days ago, that an extra arm-full of wood (they knew whoso lot it came from,) should he thrown upon the fire. Tho request was promptly complied with ; and now, if they see proper, let them carry awuy this warmth, without paving fur it. I truit that no further difficulty will bo encountered fur my sake, as I wish this paper to be considered by you, and the other democratic Senators, as full permission for your voting for the bill. To this end, 1 shall cause it to bo read aloud in the Senate this morning. S. MEDARY, Woodman to the is t utile. Columbus, Feb. ft, 1H47. Tim bdl was then read a third lime, nnd of course passed. Yours, A REI'ORTEK. From Tnmpico The l.ouisinnA Volunteers Siite The following appears under Ihe head of a post-script in the New Orleans Evening Mercury of the iu inst : We learn from Mr Wheeler, who came passenger on the bng Cayuga, which arrived this afternoon from Tampico, in four days, that the whole of the Louisiana volunteers with Col. De Itussey, who had been wreck-ed on the Ondiaka, arrived at Tmnpicnnn llie I lib, with tho exception of two or three sick, who were unable to march, one of whom succeeded subsequently in reaching Tampico. The report that tho volunteers had been surrounded by superior Mexican force is correct. A surrender was demanded, and Col. De Russey asked twenty-four hours lo consider, which was granted. In tho meantime he gave the order to march, and without be in J molested by the enemy, arrived snfeat Tampico. Tin- artillery sent to the assistance of the volunteers did not reach their camp until thev lisd left, Tho Ondiaka was burnt by our troops. The Mexican force which surrounded the volunteers, was not less than five hundred, and by tome it was said to be eight hundred, all cavalry. The following important notification is copied from the Boston Advertiser: Tiuajm itv CiUMHrns, Feb. 3d, IHI7. Gentlemen, I am commanded by the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury to acquaint yon in reply to your letter of the 1st instant, addressed to Lord John Rusm II, lhat the Lords will be prepared tn pay the freight of any provisions or clothing which benevolent persons in the United States may send tn Ireland or to the distressed districts in Scotland, on proof being a Horded lhat the articles were purchased from the protluc e nf private subscriptions, and have been appropriated to charitable objects. 1 am gentlemen, your obedient servant, C. K. TRE ELYAN. Messrs. Klihu Hurntt and James L. L. F. Warren, li7 New Broad street. Fulk Ttunr. We hear from the Lncos loud laudations of the ftee trade principles of the British, and of the wonderful example which they are selling for us to copy. The cereal grains and meats are now admitted into Great Britain al a low rate, and why? Because Great Britain cannot raise enough of these to sustain her jieople. But take Ihe article of toharco, which is one of the staples nf this country, and see how lhat is affected by the "free trade" laws of Great Britain. The duty on good American tobacco, payable at the British Hirt, is sixty-seven cents a pound ; and Ihe official reports, wr derive our facts from a communication in ihe National Intelligencer,) state that the consumption of tobacco in IfJii, was tti,V7,-Mil pounds, which gives to the treasury nf that country upwards of seventeen millions of dollars. This it is added, is about jf00 per hogdiend. $. (Unite. Thf. Hommt Dibtom A man ought tn be in straightened circumstances, at least once in his lifetime, to know how to sympathise with those who are poor and unfortunate. If a man fails, and it is utterly impossible for him to meet his just demands, what rong motives are imputed to him ! He is looked upon by many as a rogue and a villian, and is arrested as such. Tho tongue of detraction has no end, and he is made to feel its poisoning fangs. Here is a debt he honorably contracted," will be remarked, " and he will not pay t. He doesn t can how much bo owes, as long as begets a good living." If men who make such assertions knew the soil, rings of the debt or, and how much he struggles to free himself from his liabilities, ihry would feel more like throwing the mantle of charity over him, and lending linn theirassistance. Immortal Mtmv! fame has spread nfiir T o acta of thine whn shone thy judgment forth, At scat nf honor and at sat ot war How well you ettimaio a Tailor s wurtli. Judy. Iteinurks of Mr. Russell of Harrison. On the Resolution of Mr. VuUandigham, relative to the Mexican nar, m the House of 10 preventatives, Ue-f ember iti, IriUi. Tho question being upon the adoption of tho resolution, Mr. Russell addressed the Iluusu as follows : Mu. Speakkh: It is with unaffected reluctance that 1 arise to speak to the resolutions under consideration, and in reply lo gentlemen who havo preceded me in this discussion; for I believe that our constituents have sent us here to act, not to speak and I have observed that in bodies, constituted as this is, there arc always to bo found individuals, who like tho gentleman from Columbiana (Mr. Vallandigham) have ambitious aspirations, and lolly longings after the "stars and garters" wliich it is within the power of popular favor to bestow. It seems to me, sir, that there are gentlemen on the other side of this House whose wits are continually occupied in devising schemes by which they can entrap the majority for the purpose of making capital to be used at some subsequent election. The consideration with them, (being here) "is not how shall we advance the interests of the people, but how shall we get hack again, or how shall we attain some higher post," which our flattering self esteem cunvinces us we are eminently qualified to fill. Sir, I profess not to be indifferent to the good opinion of my fellow men. Nay, sir, there is nothing on earth that 1 prize higher than a good name, but when 1 am called upon to vole as a member of this House, 1 shall not stop to inquire what posterity will say of me; or whethi r my action will Hatter the popular pride ; I will endeavor to ascertain what is right, and having obtained a principle or measure of policy wliich my conscience sanctions and my judgment approves, 1 trust that I will bo endowed with firmness to maintain it, and hiving done so, I am ready to say wilh the Hueen of Ahasnnres " If I perish, 1 perish." The gentleman from Putnam, (Mr. Metcolf) made a high sounding nrofi rt of courtesy nnd ireiilleniaiilv deportment, but he did not proceed far until he broke the pledge. He meanly insinuated that the venerable Ex-Governor did not write the document which he has published to the world on his official message, and the opinions it contains lie says " indicate that its author has the head of an inlidel and the heart of a Turk." Log. cub ins, hard-cider.coonskiiis, songs, and the par aphernalia which he says deceived tho people in 1H40, occupied a largo space in the courteous remarks of the gentleman from I'utnam. Now, sir, the gentleman thinks that he has a right to speak of the days and scenes in which ho partici ple a as seemeth to hint good, because, as 1 havo been informed, in those days he was one of us, drinking from the same gourd, eating the samo pone, and shouting from the same cabin and in llmsc days, as I am also informed, tho gentleman not only played the orator but the p'K-t, and when his patriotic muse became inspired, verses llowed capaciously from A if pen. each of which terminated with tho invincible chorus, of 1 ippecatioe and lyler too. 1'rovidence in his inscrutable wisdom has since that time cast the lot of that gentleman in a county which gives a large Democratic majority, ami with thts change of residence, a change came over the spirit of Ins p ilitical dream, and that which was patriotic, de- iiiocranc ami republican, is now teaeralum, lorytsm, and Treason. Mr. Speaker, the gentleman has siid. that the late and present Executive, have travelled out of the recordthat they had no right to say any thing about the i resuieni, or the .toxical! war ami that by publishing the views contained in the Mess ago and Inaugural upon this subject, Governors Hartley and Bebbhave been guilty of lhat crime defined in llie Constitution as thkas in. Sir, has it come to this, that the Execu tive, the representative, or the citizen, has no rurbt to spenk of the President, unless in tlie language of iim-niiig or nailery r Mr. Speaker, who are we? Where are we What are we . w hat is thu State of Ohio, in whose councils we are this day assembled? Is site a free and independent sovereignty, to which the elements of this confederacy have guaranteed a republican form of government ; or, is shea palsied subsidy, and I'ulk the nirni power r Sir, seventeen thousand dollars from tho Treasury of Ohio, has already been expended. Four thousand of our citizens have been called from their wives, their children, their hearths, and the thousand associations that cling and cluster around the sacred name of " Home, sweet home," , their hones are bleaching in Ihe chapperala of Mexico, nnd their brains food for Hies on the bastions of the " Black Fort." And now, Sir, when the Chief Magistrate of this State speaks, as every freeman ought to speak, and pronounces tho honest convictions uf his heart, and condemns the men and policy that have thus profusely lavished the blood and treasure of this I Slate, in carrying on a war which had its beginning 1 without constitutional sanction, and which must end in national dishonor, or the establishment of Slavery j uym a nou nim.ii ww uviorv iree, UC IS UcnoUIICCU as guilty of "constructive treason" and the representative, or citizen, who has tho independence to sustain him, is stigmatized as a "tory and a traitor," because, ! forsooth, " Progressive Democracy" has been brought to roci;nixo tlmt mlioiit and tyrannical dujrma, of the British (Joimlilutiofi, which declare that " Kiiur Jamca can do no wrong." The gentleman from Putnam, prompted perhaps by a desire to give to his new allies incontestable proof of his fidelity, has ransacked the graves of the Revolution, ; but not for patriotic purposes. The shade of old John Adams has been brought bo-fore us, and that immortal patriarch of our independence has been denounced as a traitor and a torv " and we are told that ho is "our political grand si re." Who was old John Adams? The earliest associations of our childhood rise up before us, and tell us that he was one ol the signers ol tho Declaration of Independence. History informs us, lhat he was proscribed by Ilritish Tyranny, for his firmness and fidelity to the A voice from the hecatomb nt Monticello. pnnm (looming to us upon the eastern breeze, bearing the intelligence that ho was the proudest among the proud, the loftiest among the lolly, "the ablest smn.r li able admcatea of independence," on the floor of the Lontinental Congress his panegyrist reports him to havu said on that occasion, "Sink or swim live or die survive or perish I am for Ihe Declaration Turn years ago, Mr President, I moved you upon this floor .,nBm.iKi..n, ui Virginia, uo appointed Commander-in-Chief of the American Arms and may my tongue cleave to tfie roof of my mouth, ajid my right hand forget its cunning, if I now bioomi- nr falter in tho support which I then gave him. Inde pendence now : ami nuic(K'nilciice forever ! It ia my living sentiment, and bv the blessimr nf God. ii .l..Il be niv dying sentiment!" Old John Adams my po-lilical grand sire Sir, I glory in my ancestor ia mm uii-iHiiifiinircoi a tmiwr do such sentiments as these hurst from the heart of a Tory ? ask gentlemen to look upon that instrument that hangs upon your left. Here Mr. Russell pointed to the Declaration of Independence. Tib the magna eharla of American liberty. Is there a name beneath it that sounds like that of a traitor. Gate iip.in the galaxy of American glory that surrounds it, and point me to ihe niche that contains Ihe portrait of a Tory. Sir, the eyo lhat gazed would be -rain , the tongue that lis)ed would bu silenced, and the linger that pointed for tucli a purpose would be paralyzed, by the retributive vengeance of thu God of the patriot. Sir, lhat venerable patriarch ot patriotism was a stranger to perfidy, and unacquainted with interest! opposed to thosu of his country. He had his faults, hut they are illuminated by his brilliant virtues ; and it is a fart of striking singularity, that in the history of a lile so full of events, there is found recorded but a solitary error. And what is that? Let me tell the gentleman that it is the same President Polk has fallen into, and which has been so vigorously seconded by his friends in this Hall. That is, that it is sedition and treason to question the acts of the President. But, air, to the resolutions. It is not mv intention ! critically to am I vie the theories they contain, or to j reply in detail to the arguments ol gentlemen who! have spoken in Ihoir support, for in so doing I would unnecessarily consume the tune of the House, and would reflect a want of ability nn the part of my friends, who havu arrayed themselves wilh so much power against the encroachments of ihe Federal Ex- ecutive upon the rights of the- States and this pco- .lU -. -..I .1 ...I 1 -. kit iii.i ii-miiii turn iici'inrt'B " HfMotrril. That the Woalirn hnnt.,lnr f 1 1,. Ot.- nf Texas. Istelv admitted into lium Ifmm'i. hm IWA,-. been, is now, and of right ought to be, the middle of me mo itrande as dchued by the constitution of in id State adopted in March, iKUi; and that, therefor?, alt lhat portion of tho territory of said State which lies between tlio Neuces and the Rio Grando became, rightfully, by virtue of the joint resolutions of annexation, approved Deo. !i7, l'(o,apart and parcel of the United States, and subject to their exclusive occupation nnd control under tho Constitution and laws of said Stales, in the same manner and to the same ex tent as other portions ol their territory. Sir, after listening attentively, as I have done, to the speeches of the Gentlemen from Medina, (Mr. Blike,) Preble (Mr. Whitridge.) Logan (Mr. Liw-renre,) and particularly my friend from Cuvagopa (.Mr. Backus,) it seems to me that the question of boundary is no longer an open question. The western boundary line set up by the resolution is not tho true boundary hue, but it is, if not the River Nueces, a point a little west of that river. But Sir, lie that as it mav, Ihe Bio Grande is, or, it is not, the western line. If it is not then is this on Executive War. Then had the President violated the Constitution, hy invading in a hostile manner the Territory of a sister Repopliu without the sanction of that depart metit of government to which the constitution has delegated the right te declare war. If it is, then that sec tion ol the country lying between the Rio Grande and the Nueces is p ut and parcel of the State of Texas, and its inhabitants have a right to all the privileges and immunities which tho constitution guarantees lo citi zens of the United States. They voted as Gentlemen tell us) for delegates to the Convention which formed the Constitution of tho State of Texas ; they voted for Senators and Representatives, to the Legislature of that State, and they have their interests represented in both branches of the National Congress. In t lira view of tho subject, I ask gentlemen how they can justify the President in previously advising, or subsequently, sanctioning the acts of Col. Kearney. From what article section or clause of the constitution does tho President of the United Stales derive the authority to send a standing army with tings flying drums beatingfifes playing swords Hashing guns gleaming soldiers shouting, wilh all the "pomp, parade and circumstance! of glorious war" to invade Ihe peaceful cities, villuges and hamlets nf any Slate of this confederacy, subverting tlio constitutionally appointed civil authorities and upon their ruins establishing a military despotism. Sir, which horn of this dilemma will the gentleman take ! Sir, suppose the President was to detach a regiment of United Slates' troops, march them along tho National Road to tho city of Columbus, and when here in obedience to his orders they should enter this Hall and at tho point of the bay onet turn you from that chair us from these seats, depose the municipal authorities of this city nullify our enactments and declare that the rigid rule of martial low should be enforced by military officers. Would it bo constitutional? Would our citizens tamely sub-mil ? No sir tho rule of religion would be reversed tlm ploughshare would again be beaten into a sword Ihe pruning hook would return lo the spear and ero the dawn of to-morrow morning llie strong arms, and stout hearts, and liberty lovers of this country would leave their barn floors, and their furrows and be found rallying around their State Cupitol to the ransom and rescue of their Representatives. Now Sir. if tho ns. sumptions of gentlemen on the other side of this Houbo are true, then the invasion ol Columbus would be as constitutional, as wise and as just as was tho invasion of Santa Fe. Mr. Speaker, gentlemen unon the other side have consumed much time in descanting on the harsh epi-thets lhat havo been applied to the President, and strenuously endeavored to identify opposition to James K. Polk with nn opposition to the honor, and interests of the Union. My friend from Preble (Mr. Whitridge) in an argument clear and convincing, a style concise and original, enforced by a manner altogether inimitable, has clearly explained and defined our position, " when we say Jimmy polk we don't mean Jhterua." oir, nave we no precedent, lor this attack upon the President? During the progress of this discussion we havo heard read vindictive edilorinls from leading Democratic journals, denunciatory resolutions passed by Democratic conventions, nne of which was held in a county represented by the gentleman from Putnam ; at the other, my friend from Columbiana had the honor of being Secretary ; these authorities condemn tho President in terms (compared with which) tho language of the inaugural, and our declarations are but "candid words." The truth of One authorities are admitted by my friend from Columbiana, but wilh the most complacent and vexatious vavgfruid he tells us that "th.-y only r ferred to the Oregon question." " He was a -l 40 man, and is yet !" Now, sir, what fire Mr. Polk's views with regard to the boundary of Texas ? In his message he tells us " that the middle of this river is Ihe western boundary line." What was his position on the Oregon q oration? " That our right to tho whole 0f Oregon was clear and indisputable." Now, sir, if one vt-ar ago resolutions had been introduced into Ibis House, declaring "that the General Assembly of the State of Olno had the ufuimit confidence in the wisdom, ability and integrity nf James K. Polk, to assert and maintain our right In the whole of this territory," would not my friend from Columbiana have voted for them. If then the President under the influence nf ihe dictation of Southern alav holders, has deceived his own friends and compromised the honor of ihe nntioti upon thai question, may he not do it upon this? I ak gentlemen to pause and consider, before they rate for these resolutions. Sir, the people of Pennsylvania, in 11 1, had Ihe utmost confidence in Ihe ability, wisdom and integrity of ihe President, und this confidence was strengthened by the pledge he had given them, that ho would maintain their protective policy, and thereby afford compensation to their laborers, arid food lo the wives and children of their mechanics. If under the influence of the dictation of southern slaveholders, he has deceived his own friends, and compromised the interests and Ihe honor of the nation ujKin that question, may ho not do it upon this? I again ask gentlemen to pause and consider, before they vote for this resolution. Sir, the people cf Pennsylvania, Virginia, Indiana, Illinois and Missouri, had the utmost confidence in the wisdom and integrity of Mr. Polk that he would, at least, give his executive signature to a law whieli provided for the removal of those iinwditncnts to Ihe navigation of our western rivers which are every day destroying the lives and property of our citizens. Slaveholders, however, looked upon "snags and sand bars" in fresh water, as perfectly "constitution-nl," and again the people s President bowed the knee to Baal, and vetoed the" River and Harbor Bill," notwithstanding it had received large rnnioritirs in both branches of the National Legiahture. If, then, he has deceiv- r.i ins own ineiiosanu compromised not only the honor and interests of the nation, but the live a oil nn.iu.rt. of our citizens on that question, may he not do it upon this? And again I ask gentlemen to pause and re- nru utMiirc uiey vote meir commence to a man whose perfidy has become proverbial even in the mouths of his own friends. Sir, the slave power conquered ihe will of the Democratic party in his nomination tho slave power conquered tho will of the people in his election the same power has used him ever since, and will continue to use him " in spite of lamentations here or elsewhere." And, air, whenever this power shall coin-mand a cessation of hostilities. .Monte rev will h evacuated, and old "Rough and Ready with his urnvr noi'tweri, win ue loiittd ben ting a retreat for the Rio Grande, the Wild Horse Desert, or even the Nueces, if slavery will consent to confine herself within such narrow hunts. Mr. Speaker, what originated ihe necessity of the requisition of tho President upon the Stales for volunteers? Sir, it originated in the wickedness and ftdlv of a narrow minded and short sighted Commander in l ntei, who nau never smelted powder, and knew nothing of " war's vast arts." Gen. Taylor, in obedience to his orders, took a position on the' bank of the Rio (irande opposite Matamoras, and immediately coin, inenced strengthening his little force, by the erection of temporary fortifications. His works were hardly completed until he discovered that he was surrounded by the enemy, and entirely cut off, not only from a hope of retreat, but from his supplies, which were absolutely necessary for the maintenance of his brave army. Thus situated he applied to his government for relief, and this appeal found a generous response in Ihe hearts of a people whose motto is "our country first, our country hist, our country ever." Men of all parties were found in the ranks of our volunteers, men of all parlies opened their purses and contributed liber ally to the equipment ot the patriotic spirits who were willing tn leave their homes and march to Ihe rescue of their beseiged countrymen. They were told that this was a defensive, not an otn -naive war that they were marching tn deliver, not to enslave, to repel invasion, not to invade, and we now discover, when it is perhaps too late, that we have again been deceived, for emboldened hy repeated and iiiirctiuKcu excesses u is now avowed upon the floor of our national Congress, that Ihe object of the prosecution of this war is the conquest of more territory, upon which to erect new slave States, (Am, sir, have we no right lo protest against our deceivers, and to declare our unwillingness to aid in forging new fetters which are to be fastened upon the limbs of more men, more women, and more children. Sir, we impute cowardice or crime to no oflicer or soldier, who has been, or is now in Mexico, these brave men have been influenced no doubt by pure and patriotic motives, believing, no doubt, that it was their duty to light for their counlrv, even in a bad cause. Csn gentlemen on the other side say as murh ? .Vr, sir. Gov. Hartley, for the promptness and tidcl ty with winch lie executed the orders or the 1'res dent, lias been accused of acting the partiann, (lie brave Curtis and the gallant Mitclu-l, whose blood flowed at the storming of Monterey, have been partly termed novices hy gentlemen on the other side and the old hero of Lundy's Lane, whose body is scarred wilh the balls snd bayonets of British soldiers, has been denounced as s coward because he would nut violate the laws of God and man hy fighting a duel with Gen. Jackson. Sir, let the friends of this war keep these fuels before the people, (irnttrmrn tell us they take the responsibilities of this war, with all its tearful cnmcqucuccs, this is a rash assumption, nude in the hurry and ex-ritcment of debate, and perlmps after mature rcileco lion will be retracted. If not, then sir I hold Ihein le the resHnsibililies which I hey have assumed, in ihe name of my constituents, tn the people of this Slat-and this nation ; 1 hold them responsible for the millions of treasure which have been and will be expended in carrying on this war ; for the departed spirits of Bmggold, V alson, and Rdgley, hold them responsible. For the crimson field uf Palo Alto, and Ihe blood-stained streets of Monterey, I hold lb em responsible. It was but last Hnhhnth that we witnessed a mournful procession, composed of the members of two benevolent societies of tins city wending their wsy to the house of God, to perform the last sad, solemn rites of religion, friendship and love, to a brother, who had fallen in Mexico; who teas he I know not what was he I care tit. I doubt not that he was brave, honorable, and fully endowed wilh those sympathies and humanities which attorn our race and ssaimalate man to (tod. Had he a mother? Had he a wife ? Had lie children? By that mother's mourn, by lhat widow's wail, by the sobs of those hopeless orphans, I hold Ihrm to the responsibility which thev have assumed We are told by our friends on the other side that this excitement is got up for pnl tical effect that we are endeavoring lo prop a tottering cau.T by arraying the people against their President. Sir, the people arc in advance of us on this subject, my friends are ueuinu u10 tunes : they havo not read the news, or they would have learned that upon the ice bound coast of Maine, and among the granite hills of New Hampshire, a Hale storm has recently been heard pattering ; the Empire Stale boa spoken and pronounced the strange paradox that Wright was wrong, and that Young was too old for the Fori, Matrician of Kinder. hook ; tho Key Stone has been stricken from the arch of Democracy ; and old Pennsylvania that never but once oeiore has Decn known to llag or faulter in the faith, has given her "casting vote against the perfidy of the administration that lured her to its support by tho syren cry of 1'olk, Dallas, and the tariff of '42. The people are with us upon this question, and if we are but true to our duty they will be true to us. In the hour of peril, I have never drsnaired of the ner- petuity of this republic, and now, thank God, through the dark, gloomy and portentous cloud that hangs over us aim arounu us i see uursi ng and beaming bright rays of hope, fair promises, and glorious prospects iu lliu future. In tho Providence of God, on my honor as a man, 1 cannot believe that the people of this State I cannot believe that the people of these States, will sanction or sustain the administration in the measures of its adoption. For iu tho political as well as the natural world, tho desolating torrent that sweep away its bulwarks, often loses its cower in Ihe dntlia of its own excavations." 1 profess not to be a prophet, nor am 1 in any degree endowed with that spirit of divination which would enable me to unfold to you me events oi miure occurence, vol ncre j hazard tne prediction, that the day is not lar distant, when the onward tide of this false Democracy will be checked by the fragments of its own wide spread ruin. God grant that that hour may come speedily ; but let it not be in blood let it not lie in domestic violence let it not be in fraternal conflict ; let it be peaceable, constitutional, legal. Position of Parties in the V. S. Nenate. The recent denunciation of Mr. Calhoun and his friends, by President Polk's official organ, the Union, renders it important to sec how the U. S. Senate will stand olter tlio 4th of March, with reference to the three parties into which it will then be divided. The following will be tho situation of parties in the Senate as far as they can now be ascertained. V UIOS M An.UmTKATOM Locos SC. i 1 ix.) N.lhmp. Ia'vil!e'' t M".achu.c. j nX'iKI"Kl Ul"di Munti iiuton, Connecticut rearcf), , Johnson, 1 Pearcf), . , B ulcer. v Maiil!,1.n.)-M,rini-am,nai Johnson, Louisiana i Crittenden, i I n,l,To .1. j Konturky or win. Ohio ; f'tuiora Ui.wo( hats fi. Mimter, Virginia; Calhoun. ) i' Fuller. Carolinii ('"Iniiitt, tiror; Wr.trott, ... . . V '(OonJ.1 Klirflrld, ., . Atlmrtoii, N. Hampshire) Niles, Connecticut) lh'kinson. ( Nc York C nine ron, ) , . MurKeon,,cnnBJfl"mM Mason, Virginia Foote!'1'iMi"i,,iPPi H;i.'by, Alabama ; Itowns, Louisiana ; Ttirney, Tennessee Allen, ()li ioj aniieKSli, . s ' Bright, Hrccse, llotlL'loFS. Atchison, f ... Ilunton. W,,,ounl f Illinois Sevier, ) '. Ashley, ' E Arkansas ; lh,jMic,,i"i liuikrTexas. Of the six members yet lo bo elected, two (from Alabama and Texas) probably administration men; four (from Georgia, Tennessee and Iowa) are doubtful. Whigs. w Calhoun men (i Locofocos, (including Ala. and Tex.) 2ri Doubtful 4 Total 5rt To obtain a clear majority in the next Senate, the administration must secure the Senators to be elected from Alabama and Texas, and one of the four to ho chosen in Tennessee, Georgia and Iowa. Possibly two Lncos may be added from Wisconsin. The probabilities now are, (if Dixon II. Lewis, whose term expires on the lid day of March next, is re-elected, or some other Calhoun man is chosen in his place, in Alabama) that the Calhoun men will hold the balance in the next Senate, as they do at present in that body. There can he no doubt of a majority against the administration in the next House of Representatives. From the Baltimore American. " He thought that the Senator from Georgia was somewhat inrunmtent in denouncing the war as unconstitutional, ill -tinted, and unprovoked, and yet tlrelaritig, at the same time, that it should lie prosecuted wilh vigor." We quote this sentence fiom the Union's report of Mr. Sou le 's speech in the Senate of the United States. Mr. Soule is tho Senator from Louisiana recently elected to fill the vacancy caused by tho death of Air. Barrow. Tho debate proceeded as follows : Mr. Berrien explained. The inconsistency which the Senator imagined to exist in the recommendation which he (Mr. B.) had made when addressing the Senate was this: that having stated this war to have been unnecessarily commenced commenced by the usurpation of power on the part of the Executive which belonged to Congress he (Mr. B.) should nevertheless, have recommended its vigorous prosecution. Now, his (Mr B s) proposition was this : In his judgment, the war was unnecessarily commenced bv an act of power which did not belong to ihe President of the United Stales. But it existed. It had been recognised by Cotigres, snd he was willing to unite in me reueiopiion oi ine pieoge winen tliai recognition gave. But to relieve Ihe country from the imputation of prosecuting this war with a view to the dismemberment of Mexico, he would proclaim to Mexico and the world what he proposed by ihe nroviao which he nf fi red to the Senate. He would relieve Ihe country iiioii iiopuinuoii oi prosecuting an unjust war.- Ho would limit the claims of the U. Stales against Mexico to those which we had; and then, if Mexico refused that pmtfered boon of peace upon terms which might consist with the rights of both countries, then ho would prosecute tho war with vigor. He hoped he was now understood on that subject. With regard to the boundary of Texas, he had not aaid that he would acquiesce in any suggestion which the livelv imagination of Mexico might make as to the boundary of Texas ; but he had said lhat in their public state papers anterior to and up to the time of annexation, the Government of tho United Slates had distinctly avowed that the question of the boundary of Texas was an unsettled question, ana therefore open to negotiation, and he had said that inasmneh as the gov ernment of Ihe United States had declared it to be a question open to negotiation, it was not a question, wiiuoui negotiation, 10 oe sviuco oj lurce ot arms. It seems to he incomprehensible to some how the President of the United Stales can he held amenable to the Constitution while an issue of open war exist! with a foreign nation. The design of the factious por tion of the President's party has been, from the beginning, to identify Mr. Polk with the Mar in such a way as to render every one who censured him, liable, as far as possible, to the imputation of pronouncing against the cause of the country. The Union's proposal to open a " War Register " of proscribed names, in cvory town and village throughout the United States the thing we quoted some days ago was part and parcel of this extraordinary project. So also the vituperative habit of designating as " Mexicans or "allies of the Mexicans," or as "traitors," all persons, members of Congress or others, who do not happen to believe that all thu powers of Government, in relation to the war, should be given up into the hands of the President, and who, further, du not believe that all convictions i if judgment and precepts of duty are to he brought either in expression or in practice, to the standard of any party's dictation. 1 heae people appear tn have indulged in some verv strange nol ions to have labored, in fact, under s strong iinnuc.iuaiiou, ami m nave nscnoen iu ine public mind the same mlatuation by which they were themselves possessed. To Hunk of it ! An elaborate system of denunciation, having fur its comprehensive objects to nullity common sense, and to overawe the most ordinary freedom of sentiment, expression, and action, in reference to political affairs aacnnnrcted with the war. They serin to have supposed that the elements of an overwhelming and excited pubhe opinion, made up of party furor and warlike enthusiasm mingled together, would lie subject ti their control, to he turned in any direction at will, and made to burst in terror upon the heads of the reluctant, the hesitating, ths refractory-forgetting, all the lime, that in a country like this some degree of nationality belongs to public opinion and some risHcl fr rights. It is not to be supposed from Ihe prefix of a quotation from Mr. Soi' it i speech in the Senate that we have found in that gentleman s remarks anything characteristic of the system of denunciation to winch we have referred. Far fnun it. The Senator's style, from the imperfect report of hii speech, seenis worthy of a Senator. The remark which we have put at the head of this article is one which involves a question of consistency "tic, we take the liberty nf saying, winch it becomes Ihe Whigs to answer, and which Mr. Ben nit n has answered. A Long Tiuin. A correspondent of the Roches, ter Democrat writes from Albany thus : "On our way Kat, we pusssd the longest train of ears nn the Albany and Boston road, that has ever crossed the track. It was composed of 'ti cars, of an average length of tuiriy n et eacti, making a train n over .1.7(H) leet, or near three quarters of a mile long, and all drawn by one powerful engine." Solon compared the people unto ihe sea, and orators and councillors unto the wind; for that the si s would be calm and quiet if llie wind did nut trouble it.

WEEK LY OE TO m ST JO RNAT. 1 1 JLJLJ0 JLVL VOLUME XXXVII. COLUMBUS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 1847. NUMBER 28. I'Uiii.isiir.i) I'.VK.uy vkdm;siay mokninu, !Y WILLIAM 13. THRALL. Olfico in tlio Journal Building, south-east corner of High street and tsugaralley. T K HMS; Timrr TVn. t. auk pkh annum, which mav bcdisehnrired by the lajincnt of Two Doi.i.ak in advance, ami free of The Journal n also iiuhlished daily during tha session o tho 1 ,gi a latere, ami thrice a week the remainder of Hits year lor ; arm tnruo umes a wees,, yuan, ior 3 t. COLUMBUS : THURSDAY ISVENING, Miirch 4, 18-17. tpTliii d;iy completes tho first half of the olhciul term of the elongation. Hear what a " democratic" Senator soy si: " I verily believe that if the people of this country could conic here and sec the corruptions of their gov eminent, they would hurl the administration, and Con gross bent de it into tho Potomac." Senator Wcstcott, of Florida. Junr. BunsKT. We regret to learn, as wo do through a letter from tlio Cincinnati correspondent of tho Scioto Gazette, that Judge Buiimkt is lying dangerously ill, at his rent do nee in Cincinnati. Qj" Canal Navigation. We are requeated.to any that the Hoard of Canal Commissioners in the State of New York, arc making every effort to have the Hudson and Eric canal open for navigation by the first day of April next and expect it to be open by that day. :f Cincinnati Iiiqiiircr It is an old system of logic, long practised by that class of men who pant for distinction, but whose distinguishing cliarar.teriotic is mendacity and nn habitual contempt for truth, when convicted of a wanton falsehood, to resort to another, in order to divert attention from their relation to the first. In this category the Editor of the Cincinnati Enquirer has voluntarily placed himself by his recent gross nnd gratuitous misrepresentations of G iv. Davis of Massachusetts, and Thomas Coiiwin, of Ohio. Our readers will pardon our plainness of remark, while denling with this specimen of human depravity ; fur on such occasions we do not deem it necexsary to bo tenj choice in the selection of terms. To do so would be equivalent to 11 casting pearls to swino" and that, in olden time was not reckoned expedient. A few days since we had occasion to expose this inquisitive Enquirer, in uu attempt to palm upon the public a statement which he must have known to he void of truth at the time, wherein he charged that Gov. Davis " threw up his hat in exultation over the burning of the American cnpitol." This loathsome lie had been denounced as such in Massachusetts, where it was first uttered and not a particle of proof has been adduced or attempted, to sustain the miserable fabrication ; but on the contrary its degraded author years since, sought and found immunity for his mendacity, by hiding beneath his own insignificance and obscurity. The Cincinnati Enquirer itself cannot tell the name of the individual who was first found fool-hardy enough to stand gnd-f.ither for this groveling attempt of impotent malice. Yet it is willing to adopt the bantling of infamy as its own; and laying a fictitious claim to the sorry merit of originating the lie, is willing to be found retailing it to it readers, thus derived. What manner of an 41 Enquirer " is that, who would go so far to hunt up a falsehood to bring back for home consumption ? and tuck a falsehood ! Hut being delected nnd exposed, this very inquititire editor protests with all solemnity that he did not know it was a lie ; and on the contrary infers that it was not, because directly after it was first promulgated, and thirty years after the fact is charged to have transpired, Mr. Davis was elected Governor of Massachusetts ; and, says this logical editor, " the act, if he committed it, would have been the very thing to recommend him to the support of federalism in tint State." Ergo, he must havo done the act. Did mortal man ever devise a more satisfactory apology for a deiibcruto calumny, than that ! And further as if a second offence would palliate the first without taking the trouble to Enquire whether there be a particle of truth in the batch, our i-quisitire editor strings together a tissue of more recent slang, fabricated fui like purposes with the first, and exhibiting them to hit readers, exclaims look here! These, he says, 11 are strong circumstantial evidence that the other charge is true." There is no withstanding such logic! Its adapt professor, tho editor of the Cincinnati Enquirer, can have no difficulty in proving whatever he may be pleased to charge, whether upon John Davis, Thomas Corwin, or whoever else he may wish to asperse. He lias but to reiteratu some exploded calumny, if he lacks ingenuity to invent one ; and when the vile fabrication is cast back in his face, lie justifies himself by stringing together another set, equally ridiculous with tho first and these ho calls " circumstantial evidence," by which he would prove that lie number one, n in all probability nothing but gospel truth! And yet, the man who has the asiursneo to reason thus in the face of an intelligent community, and to treat with such contempt the reasoning faculties of his readers, "trusts that he knows something about the honor and dignity of the press, as well as the integrity of the profession." May bo so but such trusting is carrying " the credit system " far beyond the ultimate limits of our poor comprehension. We think the editor is herein claiming an extension of credit altogether beyond his legitimate right. Hut if not if he really docs possess ihe knowledge for which he gives himself credit, the fact docs but prove that lie should " be beaten with many strips." Fur true it is, that he vies with the vilest in his efforts to calumniate those whoso qualities of moral honesty lie has not the capacity to appreciate; and whose social and political position excites his rancorous envy. This man Charles Brough here, in tho Slate of Ohio-vaunting himself of his knowledge of the "honor and dignity" of the press, in the same connection wherein he asaoeiitrs the names of Thomas Corwin and Benedict Arnold. Faugh! f Not a man was found among the Whig Senators who hud Ihe manliness to spurn the threats which the autocrat of all the columns 0f the Ohio State Journal had put forward. Thrall said, if there was a whig in tho Legislature who would do justice to Medary he 11 should like to see hitn." The forr going we glean from a coarsely twined yarn in a hie number of the Kalida I'entare, a pnper published out in the North West, and which subsists upon the reputation imparted to it when under the editorial management of Mr. K-urr, who, though a radical democrat is a gentleman withal. Of its present editor we know nothing beyond what may be gleaned from the above, and liko effort which from time to time he puts 1'irth. We are justified in the conclusion, however, that it wai the intention of the Editor to any something shocking of our humble self, when he falsely imputed to us the language which we quote. We give him all due credit for that intention, and regard his effort with pity. For his sake, we are willing, after all, to adopt both tho language and the sentiment and henceforth the man nf the Venture has our full licence to make tho inostot it. Ilcing ounwlf a lover of justice, we can certainly have no objection to aeeing any one, whether in the Legislature or out ol it, who would " do justice" even to so great a sinner as Samuel Medary. True, if lel to the hent of our private inclinations, we might prefer witnessing the display of that other attribute mrrry. Hut in this matter our own will must be subservient to that of those more immediately concerned. And is it Mr. Medary ' chosen friends, who set up this howl at the hare idea of seeing tho minister of justice t And is it thus tacitly admitted that our martyr friend is in the tame category with poor Pat, who, bemoaning his fate, was told by his Judge to be ai'.y for he should have justice done him replied, "(Ami's jist what I'm afraid of, yrr Honor!" The Virginia House of Delegates, hy a vote of (1 to r0, has reverted the bill to construct a railroad from Richmond to Danville. Illinois.- A law providing for the election of delegates to remodel the Constitution nf Illinois, has passed the Legislature of that State. I he election is to be held on tho third Monday of April, and the Convention is In meet on the first Mondnv of June next. Tho St. Louis Republican says: "The taw districts the State anew; and in this respect the north has achieved a complete triumph over the south." Col. Charles Oakley, has been appointed hy the Governor of llliuuis, Canal Trustee lot the Bute. KAiLKOAD mi:i:ti.g. A large and enthusiastic meeting of the citizens of Franklin county, wits held in the city of Columbus, on Wednesday, tho 3d inst., pursuant to notice given, for tho purpose of considering the expediency of authorizing tho city and county authorities to subscribe one hundred thousand dollars each, to tho capital slock of the Columbus and Xcuia, and Columbus and Cleveland railroad companies, and to adopt suitable and efficient measures to present the question to tho voters of Ihe city and county in its proper light, fur their favorable action, at their next April elections, On motion of I), W. Deshlcr, Esq,, Kokkrt W. McCoy, Esq., was called to the Chair, and Timo. Guif-kith appointed Secretary. The object of this Convention having been pertinently staled from the Chair, Mr. J. UiiiuvvAV, Jr., addressed tho meeting ut considerable length He presented many interesting facts and statistics disclosing the great advantages Unit wilt result to the people of this county and city by Ihe early construction of a railroad communication between Columbus and Cleveland, and Columbus and Cincinnati. He showed very conclusively that these railroads would be the great thoroughfare for travel between the Ohio river and the Lake that the travel through a country opens it to observation, makes public its resources and thereby invites an increased population, and ascribed no small share of tlio prosperity and prominence of Columbus and Franklin county to the fact that, by stage operations, this city has been for many years the center of the travel from thu East to the West, the North to the South. Mr. It. clearly showed that without these railroad communications we will lose all the advantages of our central position that the building up of Columbus will necessarily build up the county, let lliu roads run where (hey may, so that they connect Columbus with the Lnku and the Ohio river lhat railroads build up towns instead of destroying them lhat wherever such roads have been constructed, lliu country through which they pans has been benefitted to an extent far beyond the most sanguine expectations, while the Block in the roads has been profitable, yielding a good interest on the investment. Hy reference to the quoted prices of stock in railroads running out of Hoslon, Mr. It. snowed that within a few weeks past there had been sales of stock in these roads considerably above par, viz : Lowell is til per cent, above par shares, the original price of which was Jgijllt), are now selling at jjfctiuo. lusiiims '.'.i per cent, above par. Concord is Ill) " " " Fitchburgis iiO " Worcester is l(i " Western in a " " u Maine is Hi " tt 1'rovidence is ti " " Eastern is " " " Old Colony is " Hy reference to tables showm tho character and the amount of lliu shipments on the Ohio Caiiul during tho past ten years, carefully prepared by Mr, Ridgwny, ho clearly demonstrated that the construction of the proposed railroads would not in any way interfere with the revenue derived hy the State from that branch of her public works that the business of lhat canal arose for Ihe most part out of the counties through which that canal pisses that the amount of that business would nol be diminished bv the railroads lhat the effect of these improvements would bu to develop the resources of cuunties having no communication with that canal that the increased valuo of property that would come u the tax list for taxation would not only yield n revenue to the btale lhat would bu equivalent to any revenue the Slate mnv lose bv these railroads conflicting with the business of ihe Ohio Canal, but that Ihe increased amount of revenue thus furnished the Statu would reduce the percentage of luxation. Mr. K. presented many oilier intercslinir facts in illustration of older advantages that would ensue to thu county nnd city by the construction of these roads. Mr. . II. Ill uu a nn next addressed the meeting. Mr. 11. hud prepared a table of statistics in reference to the increased amount of tax to winch the citizen of the county mid city will be subjected in case Ihe proposed sum of $cj')i),tmi) shall be borrowed. He explained the operation of this tax upon the citizens of the conn-try Qud city, and showed tint inasmuch as the people ol Columbus will not only be required, exclusively, to pay the interest mi the $tm,Oim to be borrowed by the city, but will also have to pay about four tenths of the interest to be paid by the county loan, that the citizens of Columbus will have to pay the interest on jjU-I'V't'O, while the people of the country will have to p.iy the interest on )i'J,tii0. Mr. 1L. siiowed also that the increased tax that would have to be levied on the property of the county and city, would be very suiall anil insignificant in com- patisou with the imiueiHC advantages that would result I .j the producing classes, by the increased value that these roiids would give to the sgtieiiltural md other pro ductions uf the county, as Weil as (he enhanced value lhat they would givu to the lands ol tho county. Mr. II. presented many interesting furls in support of ihe proportion, that the value of lauds depends on llie price uf thu productions of these lainlj, and as the price of such productions depends on their proximity to a market, and the cheapness and facility o getting them to such market, every improvement that ti-inls to secure a regular, cheap, and speedy transportation of such products to market, must necessarily be deserving of encouragement. He then, by reference to tho cil'ect of oilier railroads in other p.irts of the country on the value of agricultunil prod nets and finn ing lands, CHlahiemcd the tact that the farmers ol tins county, in not having a p'-nuaneut and regular com- mumcutum at all seasons ot the year with toe lakes and the Ohio river, su4taiii d an annual loss on the price of their productions that would be saved by Ihe proposed railroads, and which every year amounts to morn thu n the sum of .u JJUII, on which they are now asked to piy the inlereit. Mr. II. also adverted to the fact that the neonlo o the county would not be required to pay thu interest on the money loaned hy them for the purpose uf assisting in tho construction of these roads, more than thn e or four years, as in that time the roads would he built, and would yield asuiUcieut profit nn the stock to piy the interest. Hy reference to the value nf olh- rmiroaii slocks, lie ni.no showed lhat it it be desired hy the county to pay (he principal instead nf the interest on the amount proposed to be borrowed, that can be paid by selling the slock, as it would, duubile, be worth par value. Mr. II. presented tho following ns the amount of increased Ux that i-aeli citizen of the county would have to pay on account of the loan proposed to bo m ule. The rate will be two thirds nf mill on tho dollar. This wilt require tho person worth $100 to pay just ii) cents ; the person world ft IH), to pay just IC.'J cents; the person worth flumi, to pay just MiJ cents; and Ihe person worth l.'.n(t, to p.iy just ,ih) ; and in like propoiiinn according to the worth of the person who may he taxed. Mr. II. also showed the difference of prices on tho following articles, February Iti, at Columbus and at Aetna, un'l tho !st ot the farmer in this county in not hiving as good a market as the Green county farmer. I.tnl (1..u.MJ 7 1J itr.rt. ri.,wi...l, :m U.U"4, " Jj;iMI i.j--.Vnyi:):.l " Kiiivft'il... 11 4. " U li.-nl .V, 7.Ve"i,iv77f. ;j torn liNiOft, sny IHr. e-i.U, ' ;ir, m. " O.U Kilf, " ITr. I!W1, " .file. 17 it lioiir l tin p. riilil tvim v.. " Mr II. h iving added to the above many other in teresting observation concluded his remarks and was followed by Mr. W. Denuison, Jr. .Air. t:ioi also addressed the meeting at con siderable length. Hy reference l" the census and statistics as taken in 1H1I by act of Congress, and the report ot the I ommissioner nt t alents inane in Hfi. Mr. D. showed tho amount of corn and wheal raised in this county during the pnst year. He showed the amount of those arlo-les consumed hy the population of thin county and the amount for export. Alter de luding trout the whole o the production, the amount consumed, he showed that the farmers uf this county uau kt a.ue in wueai nuu corn as ioiiows: Amount of wheut for export lli (,rJ5 bushels. Equal to :i'J,(i."p barrels of flour. Amount of corn fur export w(M,(iO bushels. Mr. D. then compared the prices of Itour ami corn at Cincinnati and Columbus amen Nov. 1, ht(i, to March 1st, and after deducting the cost nf transportation of such articles fnun this place to Cincinnati by a railroad, clearly established the contusion that, in consequence of ui hnvitir hnd such a communication. the growers of wheat and corn have lost uu their product of last year (ile. on every barret of Hour and Jo. on every bushel of corn. Loss on Flour $ 0,KHQ 00 " Corn, :tl.V 40 Loss nn Flour and Corn .VJ,1K14 40 The loss on these articles alone for one year would if saved, pay thf interest on $KtO,otHI at 7 per cent lor more man vears. In addition to the annual U on Flour and Wlient, Mr. I. showed that the lunj sustained by the farmers of litis county on the ban lance of their productions ot last year, was at least ?.u,irini more thus establishing the fiict that if a rsitroad hid been made connecting Columbus with Cineinnnti, the farmers of this county tnii;hl have realized $1(J0,1)(IU more fur their products til (in they have. Mr. D. also presented miny other advantages that would accrue to ihti people of this county and city by constructing the proposed roads i 1st. They would increase the population and is a consequence from that, wnuld increase the amount of business the valuo of real tatate, and all the products of industry. Vd. They would secure tn Columbus the controlling position of bring a common terminus of railroad communications with the Lakes and the Ohio river with the Mississippi river at St Louis and the Allnnlie Set Ihrnrd. by means of the Hnllitnorn and Ohio Railroad. 3d. They would make Columbus a common depot fur the business of a largo number of the adjacent and tturmunuing counties. 4th. The amount of business and an increase of population that would thus result to this county and city would lead to the establishment of an extensive manufacturing system in Columbus. fth. They would secure to columbus not only the permanent seat of government of Ohio, but would make this city in fact the common center of the U. S. Mr. D. established several other propositions interesting to tho neonlo of the city and county, and ex pressed the opinion, as the result of liis investigations, thai hy a prompt, energetic and liberal course on the part of the people of Franklin county, they have it in their power to make Columbus on? of tho tnosl commanding inland towns in the Union. Mr. Dennison was followed by Messrs. Gilbert, Ridgway, Leonard and Buckingham ; all of whom presented msiiy very valuable and interesting suggestions on tho subject of railroads. Tho following resolutions were offered by M. J. GiLHKitr, Esq., as the sentiments of this convention on the subject under consideration, and unanimously adopted : liisolted, That " progression " is tho characteristic of the age ttiat in its onward course the country must inevitably hs intersected by railroads; and the question for us to decide, is not whether railroads shall or shall not bo constructed, but whether wo shall avml ourselves of, or forego the advantages to bo derived from thetn. Hr solved. That with a view to a more full understanding of the subject generally, no less than of the interest wliich Franklin county and the city of Columbus have in the extension and particular location ol railroads, the Chair appoint a committee of twelve to prepnre, print and distribute an nddrcBs calculated to illustrate the advantages lhat must inevitably result to both county and city from the construction, and the losses and disadvantages which would le consequent on the failure to construct radioads running ihruugh this county. The following gentlemen were appointed the committee under the hist resolution, viz : Messrs. J. Kidg-way, Jr., W. H. Hubbard, W. Dennison, Jr., Alex. Haddock, O. Johnson, A. Sperry, D. Taylor, John Wintcrsleiu, Lincoln Goodnle, John Clark, Alex. Mooberry, and William Miller. On motion of Judge Lazell, it was Hesotvrd, As the deliberate Beiise of this meeting, that tho interests of tho citizens of Franklin county are most deeply dependant on the immediate commencement, and prosecution to completion, as rapidly ns possible, of a railroad from this city toward Cin cinnati, and also from Columbus north to Cleveland. Hrsolerd, I hat the proceedings of this meeting, be published in the city papers. And thereup ui the meeting adjourned, sine die. I It. W. M COY, Chairman. TiMO. GltlKFtTll, Secretary, Fur the Ohio State Journal. The Iluilroud .Uoetlug. Mh. Eriiron The ineetinir uf vesterdav irives evi dence of the deep anxiety that is It-It by our cil ens, in the construction of railroads to connect us by a speedy and cheap communication, with the markets of the east nnd the south. Considering the stale of the ' roads, there were as many of otir fanners in from the country as could reasonably have been expected. Wo only regret Hut the irtiulr county could not have het-n present, to have heard the array of lac's, titalislical facts ittcontrovcrtablu facts bearing up on this matter; and suliieieiit, as we verily believe, to h.ive converted the most sceptical. The pitielil ami earnest attention of a largo audience, for so long a time as was occupied bv thu several shakers, is an earnest of thu desire felt for information upon this sul.j.-cl. A committee nas uppoiuieu lo lire pare an address to the citizens of this county, and we trust lhat this committee will embody the very important stntistical information which was elicited in tho course ot the diwustuon vesterdav. in thetraddress. It is the right kind nf uifonmilioii to convince the understanding, nnd carry conviction to the minds of nil who will give ilacaretul examination. i'lii address is to be printed for circulation : and we hope and trust that means will be taken to distribute them freely into every part of Ihe county. That they will be read with earnest attention, there cannot bo a doubt. The writer of tins article had intended to have prepared several communications for the public paper? relative to the importance nnd advautii'cH of railroads ; but the address of the committee will doubtless in a great measure preclude the necessity for this. we will, in coucluuon, hriellv advert to one fact. staled on yesterday by Mr. Buckingham of .Mount cnion, to show the great importance of obtmmiiiF a fivurable vote with regard to our county and city subscription at the spring election. Mr. 11. stated that the county of Knox h id, by a very large majority, voted in favor of a subscription by that county; that they were in favor uf making that subscription to the Cleveland road, could they be satisfied that it would be prosecuted lo completion within a reasonable lime ; that they could connect themselves in a murh shorter time, and at much less expense, with the Mansfield road, hut did not desire to do so, because thy greatly preferred tho Cleveland termination. Nevertheless, if the people of Franklin county and of this city did not speedily givu asmiraiino thai they would do iti.-ir part in prosecuting this road, the county of Knox would 1h compelled as a nutter of interest, to enter into the other connection. Should this unfortunately take place, it would, we fear, very considerably retard the ultimate completion of Ihe road : for we should there by lose the Knox county subscription of $lit),h)il, and an individual subscription also nf from '0 to "', II It I dollars, bet itle nil the interest they would otherwise ex- rt in favor of the business of the road when com pleted. Citizens of Franklin county, lok well to this "alter. A CITIZEN. For tho Ohio Mate Journal. A Dretnu Mr. Tutui.L Durinir tho past winter. I snent more nf my time than usual in the two houses of the Legislature, principally in the Senate influenced in my preference of the upper branch principally by the superior areiiuiinodatioiis their chamber offen d to the lounger. 1 was present at nearly all the nrnceediiii connected with the appointment of Samuel M. diry as printer to tho Senate, and read with attention all his editorial articles upon the subject. Since the adjournment, having been absent a week upon some little business of my own, my wife carefully preserved the newspapers receiveu uiirmg my absence ; ami laat Wednesday evening, after we had taken our tea, and she had put the children to bed. the budget was pro duced. Theru was too much for on- evening's read-ing ; so, after glancing at the price of Flour, the news from the army, and thu latest Congressional date, 1 selected the several numbers of the Statesman, and sought to get myself posted up" in tho Senate printing business. I was somewhat fatigued with the day's ride ; and this, added to the change from the cold external air to the warm fire beside which 1 was comfortably sealed in an easy chair, may have induced a urowsy uispoaitmn. Whilst I was reading, my wilt- was too civil to interrupt me with conversation; and tt is not impossible that the monotonous gnuud produced by what somebody call the "everlastingtick-a-tick of her knitting needles," mav have contributed to produce the lethargic state inlrt which I think I must have fallen. 1 am nut conscious of having slept ; hut what followed, appears very much like a dream. On mr reiurn to Culumbus that day, I had rode in sii?hl of some wood-laud, which 1 was informed belonged to Mr. Medary; and, as 1 looked at the blazing logs in my hearth, 1 thought how much superior this is to coal ! Then I thought of Mr. Meihrv's wood-lot, and his stone-quarry, and the Senate Chamber and printing, and the Statesman. The coals assumed strange shapes and figures. 1 could plainly see H Hi, on the b.ick-log and then again, upon a second look, it it was IT 17. Then 1 could Speaker Olds sitting on thu top of one of the andiron., and the Ser- geaut-at-Arms of the Senat euo d lo be blowing away at my fire, until he looked as red as the coals themselves. Gradually tho fire-place enlarged, nnd see n ltd to bo the Senate Chamber. Dr. Olds had h it the lop of the andiron, and taken his chnr as Speaker ; and the worthy doorkeeper hnd resumed his place near tho entrance to thu lloor of the Senate. 1 think I must have dreamed ; and that wh it 1 am about to relate, did not actually take place ; for 1 perceive that it is filled with apparent anachronisms, and a curious jumble of facts remote from each other, crowded together, as if in an instant of time. Such ax it is, however, you are welcome to it for ihe whole thing seemed to me an apt illustration of the Senate printing question. Mr. i.niirnTON was on the Itenr, and had just pent up to thu Chair a resolution, which the Sneaker read audibly to the Senate, as follows: Ktsotred, I hat the t lerk ol the Senate enter into a contract wilh Samuel Medary, to supply the Senate Chamber with fire-wood, during the present aesiion. Mr. Coovns expressed ha surprise at the introdua lion of such a resolution. He referred to a law pass- d February sfl, i-U, C, Chase, 'X,X) by winch it is made the duty of the Secretory, Auditor, and Treasurer, to contract for a sufficiency of fire wood for the State Houst, and public otlices. rrevinus to entering into these contracts, public no tice was required to be given of the receipt of proposals, in order that cnuqivtilioii might tm elicited, and Ihe public luel obtained ol the best quality, and at the lowest price. Ile understood lhat these contracts had been entered into ; and, it was evident to our senses, thtt large quantities of excellent fire wood were heap- eu up in ine rear oi ino riato Mouse, anil no complaint had hern made that we Were not abundantly supplied. Ho had heard much of the progressive na ture nt modern rtemneraey, but the Senator from Defiance, (Mr. Edgerton,) had advanced a step further in this progress, than any one bad yet dreamed nf The doctrine now broached, seemed to be, that one branch of tho General Assembly could repeal a law solemnly enacted by built Mr. KnontToK said, the law tn which Ihe Senator from Gallia had referred, was unconstitutional, h sought to trammel the independent action of the two Houses. By the f-lh section of the first article of the Constitution, each House was empowered to choose its own ollicers, and to sit upon its own adjournments. By section 11, uf the same article, each Houbo may determine the rules of its proceedings, " and shall havo all other powers necessary fur a branch of tho Legislature uf a free and independent Slate." He argued, that the man who furnished the wood, was as much an nllicer of the Senate, as the doorkeeper who put it on the fire ; and it was idle to say that the Senate was an independent branch of the Government, unless it had the power to buy its own wood. Some Senator, whose name has escaped the reporter, also cited thu loth section of the same article, which requires " the doors of each House to be kept open ;" and he argued from this, that the Senate, bound to keep its doors open fur the admission of cold, must of necessity possess tho power to counteract it by a sulficient supply of heat within. Mr GoiMiAim opposed the passage of the resolution. He would nut deny, lhat the Senate possessed the power to order those things which were necessary for the convenient transaction of the public business. Notwithstanding these contracts, he did not doubt it the contractors refused to furnish tho proper fuel to Ihe ollicers of the Senate, tho Senate could order its purchase elsewhere. But no such necessity was pretended. Here wan the fuel, of good quality, and abundant quantity. The resolution was got up for tho benefit of a political favorite to sustain a tarty press. Every body knew who Samuel Medary was. Ho charged, lhat the sole object wo to keep alive the Ohio Statesman. " Qny other reason existed, he would hko to know it. Hut ho wanted reasons, and not excuxes. Mr. IlAnrn. Wn do this because wo have the power, and it is our pleasure to do it. Mr. Gonn ami. The sic toh, sic julieo, of arbitrary power. He denounced the whole thing. He warned gentlemen thai their conduct was illegal, and that no appropriation could ever be made to pay for the expenditure they were about to make. A liouseof Representatives that would appropriate i.no dollar of the public money to pay for an expense thus incurred, would be unworthy to represent a free people. They would deserve no better fate than to be turned out at the point of the bayonet, and informed lhat " the Lord had no further need of them." The discussion was continued hy several other Senators when the vote was taken, and resulted, yeas 1H, nays Hi. So the resolution was adopted. When Ihe Appropriation Bill came from the House, it contained thu clause" Fur fuel for tlio use of the General Assembly, live hundred dollars." Mr. Ht'.hii kijn moved to amend bv inserting this clause : tt l.,r -,. purchased of Samuel Medary for the use of the Senate, two hundred dollars." This gave rise to a long and animated discussion, in which the Whigs contended, lhat the appropriation was large enough to cover the entire expense of fuel. If llie action of the Senate had been legal, Mr. Medary would, under thai appropriation, recei ve his pay. If illegal, he would nol. The object of the amendment seemed lo be, to oblatn tlm sanction id" both Houses to the act of the Senate, and thus legalize that, which, while it stood upon the sole action of one House, was conies- uiy illegal, i he amendment was in tact an admit-on, that the Senate had been wron-r The Seiiitors on the other side, contended that the Senate had had thi) benefit of the wood, and ought lo pay for it. They wouiu vote ior no uni winen uiu iioi contain ample provision for the payment of every public creditor. It was well known, lhat the Auditor and Treasurer were h'dcralMts ; and, unless this amendment prevailed, Mr. Medary would not get his pay. The vote was then taken and stood, yeas 17, nayi 17. So the amendment was lost. The question then recurring, shall the bill be rood a third lime ? tho vote stood, jeas 17, nays 17. Ho the bill was lost. Subsequently it was reconsidered, the amendment again offered, ami lost by a tic vote, and the bill again lost by a lie vote. Another reconsideration was unwed, and agreed to, Monday morning, and Ihe amendment again offered and lost. The question then recurred Shall the bill ! read a third time ? The motion was debated hy Mr. R-emelin, Mr. Welch, and Mr. Olds, (Speaker.) Whilst Mr. Old was spe.king, the Chair being temporarily occupied by Mr. Thoriihill, h- was requested by the Chair to suspend bis remarks whilst the Clerk read a communication from Medary. A communication was then read from Mr. Medary, which was in substance as follows : To Itr. Edson 11. Olds, and the other Democrats in the Senate ; Gr.:n.r.M i: I have witnessed, with no small degree of solicitude, the struggle that has been going on in the Senate, in relation to Ihe pay for the wood ordered by the Sotiale, at an early period of the session. 1 have taken care to be present whenever the anbject was up. For this I remained in your Chamber until a quarter past I 'J, Sunday morning; and for this, 1 have again come before you, at Ibis early hour uf ;j in the morning, of Monday. 1 appreciate fully your feelings, your motives, and your actions. I Inqw? it may be consistent with your feelings of propriety, to permit, by your silence or otherwise, the Appropriation Hill to pass. Alter what I hut witorMMtl in your Chamber, I prefer not to receive, at the hands of. the 17 federal Sen iters, if it were possible, any thing lhat would look like a favor. They asked, a few days ago, that an extra arm-full of wood (they knew whoso lot it came from,) should he thrown upon the fire. Tho request was promptly complied with ; and now, if they see proper, let them carry awuy this warmth, without paving fur it. I truit that no further difficulty will bo encountered fur my sake, as I wish this paper to be considered by you, and the other democratic Senators, as full permission for your voting for the bill. To this end, 1 shall cause it to bo read aloud in the Senate this morning. S. MEDARY, Woodman to the is t utile. Columbus, Feb. ft, 1H47. Tim bdl was then read a third lime, nnd of course passed. Yours, A REI'ORTEK. From Tnmpico The l.ouisinnA Volunteers Siite The following appears under Ihe head of a post-script in the New Orleans Evening Mercury of the iu inst : We learn from Mr Wheeler, who came passenger on the bng Cayuga, which arrived this afternoon from Tampico, in four days, that the whole of the Louisiana volunteers with Col. De Itussey, who had been wreck-ed on the Ondiaka, arrived at Tmnpicnnn llie I lib, with tho exception of two or three sick, who were unable to march, one of whom succeeded subsequently in reaching Tampico. The report that tho volunteers had been surrounded by superior Mexican force is correct. A surrender was demanded, and Col. De Russey asked twenty-four hours lo consider, which was granted. In tho meantime he gave the order to march, and without be in J molested by the enemy, arrived snfeat Tampico. Tin- artillery sent to the assistance of the volunteers did not reach their camp until thev lisd left, Tho Ondiaka was burnt by our troops. The Mexican force which surrounded the volunteers, was not less than five hundred, and by tome it was said to be eight hundred, all cavalry. The following important notification is copied from the Boston Advertiser: Tiuajm itv CiUMHrns, Feb. 3d, IHI7. Gentlemen, I am commanded by the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury to acquaint yon in reply to your letter of the 1st instant, addressed to Lord John Rusm II, lhat the Lords will be prepared tn pay the freight of any provisions or clothing which benevolent persons in the United States may send tn Ireland or to the distressed districts in Scotland, on proof being a Horded lhat the articles were purchased from the protluc e nf private subscriptions, and have been appropriated to charitable objects. 1 am gentlemen, your obedient servant, C. K. TRE ELYAN. Messrs. Klihu Hurntt and James L. L. F. Warren, li7 New Broad street. Fulk Ttunr. We hear from the Lncos loud laudations of the ftee trade principles of the British, and of the wonderful example which they are selling for us to copy. The cereal grains and meats are now admitted into Great Britain al a low rate, and why? Because Great Britain cannot raise enough of these to sustain her jieople. But take Ihe article of toharco, which is one of the staples nf this country, and see how lhat is affected by the "free trade" laws of Great Britain. The duty on good American tobacco, payable at the British Hirt, is sixty-seven cents a pound ; and Ihe official reports, wr derive our facts from a communication in ihe National Intelligencer,) state that the consumption of tobacco in IfJii, was tti,V7,-Mil pounds, which gives to the treasury nf that country upwards of seventeen millions of dollars. This it is added, is about jf00 per hogdiend. $. (Unite. Thf. Hommt Dibtom A man ought tn be in straightened circumstances, at least once in his lifetime, to know how to sympathise with those who are poor and unfortunate. If a man fails, and it is utterly impossible for him to meet his just demands, what rong motives are imputed to him ! He is looked upon by many as a rogue and a villian, and is arrested as such. Tho tongue of detraction has no end, and he is made to feel its poisoning fangs. Here is a debt he honorably contracted," will be remarked, " and he will not pay t. He doesn t can how much bo owes, as long as begets a good living." If men who make such assertions knew the soil, rings of the debt or, and how much he struggles to free himself from his liabilities, ihry would feel more like throwing the mantle of charity over him, and lending linn theirassistance. Immortal Mtmv! fame has spread nfiir T o acta of thine whn shone thy judgment forth, At scat nf honor and at sat ot war How well you ettimaio a Tailor s wurtli. Judy. Iteinurks of Mr. Russell of Harrison. On the Resolution of Mr. VuUandigham, relative to the Mexican nar, m the House of 10 preventatives, Ue-f ember iti, IriUi. Tho question being upon the adoption of tho resolution, Mr. Russell addressed the Iluusu as follows : Mu. Speakkh: It is with unaffected reluctance that 1 arise to speak to the resolutions under consideration, and in reply lo gentlemen who havo preceded me in this discussion; for I believe that our constituents have sent us here to act, not to speak and I have observed that in bodies, constituted as this is, there arc always to bo found individuals, who like tho gentleman from Columbiana (Mr. Vallandigham) have ambitious aspirations, and lolly longings after the "stars and garters" wliich it is within the power of popular favor to bestow. It seems to me, sir, that there are gentlemen on the other side of this House whose wits are continually occupied in devising schemes by which they can entrap the majority for the purpose of making capital to be used at some subsequent election. The consideration with them, (being here) "is not how shall we advance the interests of the people, but how shall we get hack again, or how shall we attain some higher post," which our flattering self esteem cunvinces us we are eminently qualified to fill. Sir, I profess not to be indifferent to the good opinion of my fellow men. Nay, sir, there is nothing on earth that 1 prize higher than a good name, but when 1 am called upon to vole as a member of this House, 1 shall not stop to inquire what posterity will say of me; or whethi r my action will Hatter the popular pride ; I will endeavor to ascertain what is right, and having obtained a principle or measure of policy wliich my conscience sanctions and my judgment approves, 1 trust that I will bo endowed with firmness to maintain it, and hiving done so, I am ready to say wilh the Hueen of Ahasnnres " If I perish, 1 perish." The gentleman from Putnam, (Mr. Metcolf) made a high sounding nrofi rt of courtesy nnd ireiilleniaiilv deportment, but he did not proceed far until he broke the pledge. He meanly insinuated that the venerable Ex-Governor did not write the document which he has published to the world on his official message, and the opinions it contains lie says " indicate that its author has the head of an inlidel and the heart of a Turk." Log. cub ins, hard-cider.coonskiiis, songs, and the par aphernalia which he says deceived tho people in 1H40, occupied a largo space in the courteous remarks of the gentleman from I'utnam. Now, sir, the gentleman thinks that he has a right to speak of the days and scenes in which ho partici ple a as seemeth to hint good, because, as 1 havo been informed, in those days he was one of us, drinking from the same gourd, eating the samo pone, and shouting from the same cabin and in llmsc days, as I am also informed, tho gentleman not only played the orator but the p'K-t, and when his patriotic muse became inspired, verses llowed capaciously from A if pen. each of which terminated with tho invincible chorus, of 1 ippecatioe and lyler too. 1'rovidence in his inscrutable wisdom has since that time cast the lot of that gentleman in a county which gives a large Democratic majority, ami with thts change of residence, a change came over the spirit of Ins p ilitical dream, and that which was patriotic, de- iiiocranc ami republican, is now teaeralum, lorytsm, and Treason. Mr. Speaker, the gentleman has siid. that the late and present Executive, have travelled out of the recordthat they had no right to say any thing about the i resuieni, or the .toxical! war ami that by publishing the views contained in the Mess ago and Inaugural upon this subject, Governors Hartley and Bebbhave been guilty of lhat crime defined in llie Constitution as thkas in. Sir, has it come to this, that the Execu tive, the representative, or the citizen, has no rurbt to spenk of the President, unless in tlie language of iim-niiig or nailery r Mr. Speaker, who are we? Where are we What are we . w hat is thu State of Ohio, in whose councils we are this day assembled? Is site a free and independent sovereignty, to which the elements of this confederacy have guaranteed a republican form of government ; or, is shea palsied subsidy, and I'ulk the nirni power r Sir, seventeen thousand dollars from tho Treasury of Ohio, has already been expended. Four thousand of our citizens have been called from their wives, their children, their hearths, and the thousand associations that cling and cluster around the sacred name of " Home, sweet home," , their hones are bleaching in Ihe chapperala of Mexico, nnd their brains food for Hies on the bastions of the " Black Fort." And now, Sir, when the Chief Magistrate of this State speaks, as every freeman ought to speak, and pronounces tho honest convictions uf his heart, and condemns the men and policy that have thus profusely lavished the blood and treasure of this I Slate, in carrying on a war which had its beginning 1 without constitutional sanction, and which must end in national dishonor, or the establishment of Slavery j uym a nou nim.ii ww uviorv iree, UC IS UcnoUIICCU as guilty of "constructive treason" and the representative, or citizen, who has tho independence to sustain him, is stigmatized as a "tory and a traitor," because, ! forsooth, " Progressive Democracy" has been brought to roci;nixo tlmt mlioiit and tyrannical dujrma, of the British (Joimlilutiofi, which declare that " Kiiur Jamca can do no wrong." The gentleman from Putnam, prompted perhaps by a desire to give to his new allies incontestable proof of his fidelity, has ransacked the graves of the Revolution, ; but not for patriotic purposes. The shade of old John Adams has been brought bo-fore us, and that immortal patriarch of our independence has been denounced as a traitor and a torv " and we are told that ho is "our political grand si re." Who was old John Adams? The earliest associations of our childhood rise up before us, and tell us that he was one ol the signers ol tho Declaration of Independence. History informs us, lhat he was proscribed by Ilritish Tyranny, for his firmness and fidelity to the A voice from the hecatomb nt Monticello. pnnm (looming to us upon the eastern breeze, bearing the intelligence that ho was the proudest among the proud, the loftiest among the lolly, "the ablest smn.r li able admcatea of independence," on the floor of the Lontinental Congress his panegyrist reports him to havu said on that occasion, "Sink or swim live or die survive or perish I am for Ihe Declaration Turn years ago, Mr President, I moved you upon this floor .,nBm.iKi..n, ui Virginia, uo appointed Commander-in-Chief of the American Arms and may my tongue cleave to tfie roof of my mouth, ajid my right hand forget its cunning, if I now bioomi- nr falter in tho support which I then gave him. Inde pendence now : ami nuic(K'nilciice forever ! It ia my living sentiment, and bv the blessimr nf God. ii .l..Il be niv dying sentiment!" Old John Adams my po-lilical grand sire Sir, I glory in my ancestor ia mm uii-iHiiifiinircoi a tmiwr do such sentiments as these hurst from the heart of a Tory ? ask gentlemen to look upon that instrument that hangs upon your left. Here Mr. Russell pointed to the Declaration of Independence. Tib the magna eharla of American liberty. Is there a name beneath it that sounds like that of a traitor. Gate iip.in the galaxy of American glory that surrounds it, and point me to ihe niche that contains Ihe portrait of a Tory. Sir, the eyo lhat gazed would be -rain , the tongue that lis)ed would bu silenced, and the linger that pointed for tucli a purpose would be paralyzed, by the retributive vengeance of thu God of the patriot. Sir, lhat venerable patriarch ot patriotism was a stranger to perfidy, and unacquainted with interest! opposed to thosu of his country. He had his faults, hut they are illuminated by his brilliant virtues ; and it is a fart of striking singularity, that in the history of a lile so full of events, there is found recorded but a solitary error. And what is that? Let me tell the gentleman that it is the same President Polk has fallen into, and which has been so vigorously seconded by his friends in this Hall. That is, that it is sedition and treason to question the acts of the President. But, air, to the resolutions. It is not mv intention ! critically to am I vie the theories they contain, or to j reply in detail to the arguments ol gentlemen who! have spoken in Ihoir support, for in so doing I would unnecessarily consume the tune of the House, and would reflect a want of ability nn the part of my friends, who havu arrayed themselves wilh so much power against the encroachments of ihe Federal Ex- ecutive upon the rights of the- States and this pco- .lU -. -..I .1 ...I 1 -. kit iii.i ii-miiii turn iici'inrt'B " HfMotrril. That the Woalirn hnnt.,lnr f 1 1,. Ot.- nf Texas. Istelv admitted into lium Ifmm'i. hm IWA,-. been, is now, and of right ought to be, the middle of me mo itrande as dchued by the constitution of in id State adopted in March, iKUi; and that, therefor?, alt lhat portion of tho territory of said State which lies between tlio Neuces and the Rio Grando became, rightfully, by virtue of the joint resolutions of annexation, approved Deo. !i7, l'(o,apart and parcel of the United States, and subject to their exclusive occupation nnd control under tho Constitution and laws of said Stales, in the same manner and to the same ex tent as other portions ol their territory. Sir, after listening attentively, as I have done, to the speeches of the Gentlemen from Medina, (Mr. Blike,) Preble (Mr. Whitridge.) Logan (Mr. Liw-renre,) and particularly my friend from Cuvagopa (.Mr. Backus,) it seems to me that the question of boundary is no longer an open question. The western boundary line set up by the resolution is not tho true boundary hue, but it is, if not the River Nueces, a point a little west of that river. But Sir, lie that as it mav, Ihe Bio Grande is, or, it is not, the western line. If it is not then is this on Executive War. Then had the President violated the Constitution, hy invading in a hostile manner the Territory of a sister Repopliu without the sanction of that depart metit of government to which the constitution has delegated the right te declare war. If it is, then that sec tion ol the country lying between the Rio Grande and the Nueces is p ut and parcel of the State of Texas, and its inhabitants have a right to all the privileges and immunities which tho constitution guarantees lo citi zens of the United States. They voted as Gentlemen tell us) for delegates to the Convention which formed the Constitution of tho State of Texas ; they voted for Senators and Representatives, to the Legislature of that State, and they have their interests represented in both branches of the National Congress. In t lira view of tho subject, I ask gentlemen how they can justify the President in previously advising, or subsequently, sanctioning the acts of Col. Kearney. From what article section or clause of the constitution does tho President of the United Stales derive the authority to send a standing army with tings flying drums beatingfifes playing swords Hashing guns gleaming soldiers shouting, wilh all the "pomp, parade and circumstance! of glorious war" to invade Ihe peaceful cities, villuges and hamlets nf any Slate of this confederacy, subverting tlio constitutionally appointed civil authorities and upon their ruins establishing a military despotism. Sir, which horn of this dilemma will the gentleman take ! Sir, suppose the President was to detach a regiment of United Slates' troops, march them along tho National Road to tho city of Columbus, and when here in obedience to his orders they should enter this Hall and at tho point of the bay onet turn you from that chair us from these seats, depose the municipal authorities of this city nullify our enactments and declare that the rigid rule of martial low should be enforced by military officers. Would it bo constitutional? Would our citizens tamely sub-mil ? No sir tho rule of religion would be reversed tlm ploughshare would again be beaten into a sword Ihe pruning hook would return lo the spear and ero the dawn of to-morrow morning llie strong arms, and stout hearts, and liberty lovers of this country would leave their barn floors, and their furrows and be found rallying around their State Cupitol to the ransom and rescue of their Representatives. Now Sir. if tho ns. sumptions of gentlemen on the other side of this Houbo are true, then the invasion ol Columbus would be as constitutional, as wise and as just as was tho invasion of Santa Fe. Mr. Speaker, gentlemen unon the other side have consumed much time in descanting on the harsh epi-thets lhat havo been applied to the President, and strenuously endeavored to identify opposition to James K. Polk with nn opposition to the honor, and interests of the Union. My friend from Preble (Mr. Whitridge) in an argument clear and convincing, a style concise and original, enforced by a manner altogether inimitable, has clearly explained and defined our position, " when we say Jimmy polk we don't mean Jhterua." oir, nave we no precedent, lor this attack upon the President? During the progress of this discussion we havo heard read vindictive edilorinls from leading Democratic journals, denunciatory resolutions passed by Democratic conventions, nne of which was held in a county represented by the gentleman from Putnam ; at the other, my friend from Columbiana had the honor of being Secretary ; these authorities condemn tho President in terms (compared with which) tho language of the inaugural, and our declarations are but "candid words." The truth of One authorities are admitted by my friend from Columbiana, but wilh the most complacent and vexatious vavgfruid he tells us that "th.-y only r ferred to the Oregon question." " He was a -l 40 man, and is yet !" Now, sir, what fire Mr. Polk's views with regard to the boundary of Texas ? In his message he tells us " that the middle of this river is Ihe western boundary line." What was his position on the Oregon q oration? " That our right to tho whole 0f Oregon was clear and indisputable." Now, sir, if one vt-ar ago resolutions had been introduced into Ibis House, declaring "that the General Assembly of the State of Olno had the ufuimit confidence in the wisdom, ability and integrity nf James K. Polk, to assert and maintain our right In the whole of this territory," would not my friend from Columbiana have voted for them. If then the President under the influence nf ihe dictation of Southern alav holders, has deceived his own friends and compromised the honor of ihe nntioti upon thai question, may he not do it upon this? I ak gentlemen to pause and consider, before they rate for these resolutions. Sir, the people of Pennsylvania, in 11 1, had Ihe utmost confidence in Ihe ability, wisdom and integrity of ihe President, und this confidence was strengthened by the pledge he had given them, that ho would maintain their protective policy, and thereby afford compensation to their laborers, arid food lo the wives and children of their mechanics. If under the influence of the dictation of southern slaveholders, he has deceived his own friends, and compromised the interests and Ihe honor of the nation ujKin that question, may ho not do it upon this? I again ask gentlemen to pause and consider, before they vote for this resolution. Sir, the people cf Pennsylvania, Virginia, Indiana, Illinois and Missouri, had the utmost confidence in the wisdom and integrity of Mr. Polk that he would, at least, give his executive signature to a law whieli provided for the removal of those iinwditncnts to Ihe navigation of our western rivers which are every day destroying the lives and property of our citizens. Slaveholders, however, looked upon "snags and sand bars" in fresh water, as perfectly "constitution-nl," and again the people s President bowed the knee to Baal, and vetoed the" River and Harbor Bill," notwithstanding it had received large rnnioritirs in both branches of the National Legiahture. If, then, he has deceiv- r.i ins own ineiiosanu compromised not only the honor and interests of the nation, but the live a oil nn.iu.rt. of our citizens on that question, may he not do it upon this? And again I ask gentlemen to pause and re- nru utMiirc uiey vote meir commence to a man whose perfidy has become proverbial even in the mouths of his own friends. Sir, the slave power conquered ihe will of the Democratic party in his nomination tho slave power conquered tho will of the people in his election the same power has used him ever since, and will continue to use him " in spite of lamentations here or elsewhere." And, air, whenever this power shall coin-mand a cessation of hostilities. .Monte rev will h evacuated, and old "Rough and Ready with his urnvr noi'tweri, win ue loiittd ben ting a retreat for the Rio Grande, the Wild Horse Desert, or even the Nueces, if slavery will consent to confine herself within such narrow hunts. Mr. Speaker, what originated ihe necessity of the requisition of tho President upon the Stales for volunteers? Sir, it originated in the wickedness and ftdlv of a narrow minded and short sighted Commander in l ntei, who nau never smelted powder, and knew nothing of " war's vast arts." Gen. Taylor, in obedience to his orders, took a position on the' bank of the Rio (irande opposite Matamoras, and immediately coin, inenced strengthening his little force, by the erection of temporary fortifications. His works were hardly completed until he discovered that he was surrounded by the enemy, and entirely cut off, not only from a hope of retreat, but from his supplies, which were absolutely necessary for the maintenance of his brave army. Thus situated he applied to his government for relief, and this appeal found a generous response in Ihe hearts of a people whose motto is "our country first, our country hist, our country ever." Men of all parties were found in the ranks of our volunteers, men of all parlies opened their purses and contributed liber ally to the equipment ot the patriotic spirits who were willing tn leave their homes and march to Ihe rescue of their beseiged countrymen. They were told that this was a defensive, not an otn -naive war that they were marching tn deliver, not to enslave, to repel invasion, not to invade, and we now discover, when it is perhaps too late, that we have again been deceived, for emboldened hy repeated and iiiirctiuKcu excesses u is now avowed upon the floor of our national Congress, that Ihe object of the prosecution of this war is the conquest of more territory, upon which to erect new slave States, (Am, sir, have we no right lo protest against our deceivers, and to declare our unwillingness to aid in forging new fetters which are to be fastened upon the limbs of more men, more women, and more children. Sir, we impute cowardice or crime to no oflicer or soldier, who has been, or is now in Mexico, these brave men have been influenced no doubt by pure and patriotic motives, believing, no doubt, that it was their duty to light for their counlrv, even in a bad cause. Csn gentlemen on the other side say as murh ? .Vr, sir. Gov. Hartley, for the promptness and tidcl ty with winch lie executed the orders or the 1'res dent, lias been accused of acting the partiann, (lie brave Curtis and the gallant Mitclu-l, whose blood flowed at the storming of Monterey, have been partly termed novices hy gentlemen on the other side and the old hero of Lundy's Lane, whose body is scarred wilh the balls snd bayonets of British soldiers, has been denounced as s coward because he would nut violate the laws of God and man hy fighting a duel with Gen. Jackson. Sir, let the friends of this war keep these fuels before the people, (irnttrmrn tell us they take the responsibilities of this war, with all its tearful cnmcqucuccs, this is a rash assumption, nude in the hurry and ex-ritcment of debate, and perlmps after mature rcileco lion will be retracted. If not, then sir I hold Ihein le the resHnsibililies which I hey have assumed, in ihe name of my constituents, tn the people of this Slat-and this nation ; 1 hold them responsible for the millions of treasure which have been and will be expended in carrying on this war ; for the departed spirits of Bmggold, V alson, and Rdgley, hold them responsible. For the crimson field uf Palo Alto, and Ihe blood-stained streets of Monterey, I hold lb em responsible. It was but last Hnhhnth that we witnessed a mournful procession, composed of the members of two benevolent societies of tins city wending their wsy to the house of God, to perform the last sad, solemn rites of religion, friendship and love, to a brother, who had fallen in Mexico; who teas he I know not what was he I care tit. I doubt not that he was brave, honorable, and fully endowed wilh those sympathies and humanities which attorn our race and ssaimalate man to (tod. Had he a mother? Had he a wife ? Had lie children? By that mother's mourn, by lhat widow's wail, by the sobs of those hopeless orphans, I hold Ihrm to the responsibility which thev have assumed We are told by our friends on the other side that this excitement is got up for pnl tical effect that we are endeavoring lo prop a tottering cau.T by arraying the people against their President. Sir, the people arc in advance of us on this subject, my friends are ueuinu u10 tunes : they havo not read the news, or they would have learned that upon the ice bound coast of Maine, and among the granite hills of New Hampshire, a Hale storm has recently been heard pattering ; the Empire Stale boa spoken and pronounced the strange paradox that Wright was wrong, and that Young was too old for the Fori, Matrician of Kinder. hook ; tho Key Stone has been stricken from the arch of Democracy ; and old Pennsylvania that never but once oeiore has Decn known to llag or faulter in the faith, has given her "casting vote against the perfidy of the administration that lured her to its support by tho syren cry of 1'olk, Dallas, and the tariff of '42. The people are with us upon this question, and if we are but true to our duty they will be true to us. In the hour of peril, I have never drsnaired of the ner- petuity of this republic, and now, thank God, through the dark, gloomy and portentous cloud that hangs over us aim arounu us i see uursi ng and beaming bright rays of hope, fair promises, and glorious prospects iu lliu future. In tho Providence of God, on my honor as a man, 1 cannot believe that the people of this State I cannot believe that the people of these States, will sanction or sustain the administration in the measures of its adoption. For iu tho political as well as the natural world, tho desolating torrent that sweep away its bulwarks, often loses its cower in Ihe dntlia of its own excavations." 1 profess not to be a prophet, nor am 1 in any degree endowed with that spirit of divination which would enable me to unfold to you me events oi miure occurence, vol ncre j hazard tne prediction, that the day is not lar distant, when the onward tide of this false Democracy will be checked by the fragments of its own wide spread ruin. God grant that that hour may come speedily ; but let it not be in blood let it not lie in domestic violence let it not be in fraternal conflict ; let it be peaceable, constitutional, legal. Position of Parties in the V. S. Nenate. The recent denunciation of Mr. Calhoun and his friends, by President Polk's official organ, the Union, renders it important to sec how the U. S. Senate will stand olter tlio 4th of March, with reference to the three parties into which it will then be divided. The following will be tho situation of parties in the Senate as far as they can now be ascertained. V UIOS M An.UmTKATOM Locos SC. i 1 ix.) N.lhmp. Ia'vil!e'' t M".achu.c. j nX'iKI"Kl Ul"di Munti iiuton, Connecticut rearcf), , Johnson, 1 Pearcf), . , B ulcer. v Maiil!,1.n.)-M,rini-am,nai Johnson, Louisiana i Crittenden, i I n,l,To .1. j Konturky or win. Ohio ; f'tuiora Ui.wo( hats fi. Mimter, Virginia; Calhoun. ) i' Fuller. Carolinii ('"Iniiitt, tiror; Wr.trott, ... . . V '(OonJ.1 Klirflrld, ., . Atlmrtoii, N. Hampshire) Niles, Connecticut) lh'kinson. ( Nc York C nine ron, ) , . MurKeon,,cnnBJfl"mM Mason, Virginia Foote!'1'iMi"i,,iPPi H;i.'by, Alabama ; Itowns, Louisiana ; Ttirney, Tennessee Allen, ()li ioj aniieKSli, . s ' Bright, Hrccse, llotlL'loFS. Atchison, f ... Ilunton. W,,,ounl f Illinois Sevier, ) '. Ashley, ' E Arkansas ; lh,jMic,,i"i liuikrTexas. Of the six members yet lo bo elected, two (from Alabama and Texas) probably administration men; four (from Georgia, Tennessee and Iowa) are doubtful. Whigs. w Calhoun men (i Locofocos, (including Ala. and Tex.) 2ri Doubtful 4 Total 5rt To obtain a clear majority in the next Senate, the administration must secure the Senators to be elected from Alabama and Texas, and one of the four to ho chosen in Tennessee, Georgia and Iowa. Possibly two Lncos may be added from Wisconsin. The probabilities now are, (if Dixon II. Lewis, whose term expires on the lid day of March next, is re-elected, or some other Calhoun man is chosen in his place, in Alabama) that the Calhoun men will hold the balance in the next Senate, as they do at present in that body. There can he no doubt of a majority against the administration in the next House of Representatives. From the Baltimore American. " He thought that the Senator from Georgia was somewhat inrunmtent in denouncing the war as unconstitutional, ill -tinted, and unprovoked, and yet tlrelaritig, at the same time, that it should lie prosecuted wilh vigor." We quote this sentence fiom the Union's report of Mr. Sou le 's speech in the Senate of the United States. Mr. Soule is tho Senator from Louisiana recently elected to fill the vacancy caused by tho death of Air. Barrow. Tho debate proceeded as follows : Mr. Berrien explained. The inconsistency which the Senator imagined to exist in the recommendation which he (Mr. B.) had made when addressing the Senate was this: that having stated this war to have been unnecessarily commenced commenced by the usurpation of power on the part of the Executive which belonged to Congress he (Mr. B.) should nevertheless, have recommended its vigorous prosecution. Now, his (Mr B s) proposition was this : In his judgment, the war was unnecessarily commenced bv an act of power which did not belong to ihe President of the United Stales. But it existed. It had been recognised by Cotigres, snd he was willing to unite in me reueiopiion oi ine pieoge winen tliai recognition gave. But to relieve Ihe country from the imputation of prosecuting this war with a view to the dismemberment of Mexico, he would proclaim to Mexico and the world what he proposed by ihe nroviao which he nf fi red to the Senate. He would relieve Ihe country iiioii iiopuinuoii oi prosecuting an unjust war.- Ho would limit the claims of the U. Stales against Mexico to those which we had; and then, if Mexico refused that pmtfered boon of peace upon terms which might consist with the rights of both countries, then ho would prosecute tho war with vigor. He hoped he was now understood on that subject. With regard to the boundary of Texas, he had not aaid that he would acquiesce in any suggestion which the livelv imagination of Mexico might make as to the boundary of Texas ; but he had said lhat in their public state papers anterior to and up to the time of annexation, the Government of tho United Slates had distinctly avowed that the question of the boundary of Texas was an unsettled question, ana therefore open to negotiation, and he had said that inasmneh as the gov ernment of Ihe United States had declared it to be a question open to negotiation, it was not a question, wiiuoui negotiation, 10 oe sviuco oj lurce ot arms. It seems to he incomprehensible to some how the President of the United Stales can he held amenable to the Constitution while an issue of open war exist! with a foreign nation. The design of the factious por tion of the President's party has been, from the beginning, to identify Mr. Polk with the Mar in such a way as to render every one who censured him, liable, as far as possible, to the imputation of pronouncing against the cause of the country. The Union's proposal to open a " War Register " of proscribed names, in cvory town and village throughout the United States the thing we quoted some days ago was part and parcel of this extraordinary project. So also the vituperative habit of designating as " Mexicans or "allies of the Mexicans," or as "traitors," all persons, members of Congress or others, who do not happen to believe that all thu powers of Government, in relation to the war, should be given up into the hands of the President, and who, further, du not believe that all convictions i if judgment and precepts of duty are to he brought either in expression or in practice, to the standard of any party's dictation. 1 heae people appear tn have indulged in some verv strange nol ions to have labored, in fact, under s strong iinnuc.iuaiiou, ami m nave nscnoen iu ine public mind the same mlatuation by which they were themselves possessed. To Hunk of it ! An elaborate system of denunciation, having fur its comprehensive objects to nullity common sense, and to overawe the most ordinary freedom of sentiment, expression, and action, in reference to political affairs aacnnnrcted with the war. They serin to have supposed that the elements of an overwhelming and excited pubhe opinion, made up of party furor and warlike enthusiasm mingled together, would lie subject ti their control, to he turned in any direction at will, and made to burst in terror upon the heads of the reluctant, the hesitating, ths refractory-forgetting, all the lime, that in a country like this some degree of nationality belongs to public opinion and some risHcl fr rights. It is not to be supposed from Ihe prefix of a quotation from Mr. Soi' it i speech in the Senate that we have found in that gentleman s remarks anything characteristic of the system of denunciation to winch we have referred. Far fnun it. The Senator's style, from the imperfect report of hii speech, seenis worthy of a Senator. The remark which we have put at the head of this article is one which involves a question of consistency "tic, we take the liberty nf saying, winch it becomes Ihe Whigs to answer, and which Mr. Ben nit n has answered. A Long Tiuin. A correspondent of the Roches, ter Democrat writes from Albany thus : "On our way Kat, we pusssd the longest train of ears nn the Albany and Boston road, that has ever crossed the track. It was composed of 'ti cars, of an average length of tuiriy n et eacti, making a train n over .1.7(H) leet, or near three quarters of a mile long, and all drawn by one powerful engine." Solon compared the people unto ihe sea, and orators and councillors unto the wind; for that the si s would be calm and quiet if llie wind did nut trouble it.